Disinformation affects democratic systems and lowers the deliberative quality of our society. Analysing press coverage of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Christoph Deppe and Gary S. Schaal reveal that Russia Today journalists instrumentalise democratic institutions – including German government press conferences – in their favour.
Thethe entire blog post has been published on the following website: Alexei Navalny and the campaign of disinformation conducted by Russia Today – The Loop (ecpr.eu)
Authors: Christoph Deppe and Prof. Dr. Gary S. Schaal