Russian Median Media and the Syrian Conflict: RT Online Before and After Intervention

• In Event: The Influence of State Media

Brief Overview

We explore one component of the Russian state’s information strategy, RT News. Using Twitter data from the conflict in Syria we explore the influence of RT during the Syrian conflict online both before and after the Russian intervention.

Authors

• Megan MacDuffee Metzger, Stanford University

• Alexandra Arons Siegel, Stanford University