The team of the Chair of Political Communication with a Focus on Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet Region will be presenting five research outputs at the 73rd Annual ICA Conference Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication, which will take place from to 25 to 29 May 2023 in Toronto, Canada.
The research presented was conducted across all of the work packages of the ERC-funded project RUSINFORM, specifically WP1, WP2 and WP3. One of the papers with regard to RT and Sputnik is a result of a collaboration between Queens University of Technology QUT, Brisbane, Australia and the University of Passau, Germany.
The titles of the articles to be presented are the following:
- Kling, J., Toepfl, F., & Jürgens, P. (2023). The Kremlin-Controlled Social Network VKontakte as a Resource of Informational Influence: Mapping the Audiences of Russia’s Political Information at Home and Abroad. Presentation at the International Communication Association (ICA), 25- 29 of May, Toronto, Canada.
- Poliakoff, S. & Toepfl, F. (2023). Demographics, Skills, and Career Paths of the Internet Research Agency’s Work Force. Presentation at the International Communication Association (ICA), 25- 29 of May, Toronto, Canada.
- Ryzhova, A. & Toepfl, F. (2023). Drawing on “facts,” “feeling right,” and the “sixth sense”: How Russian speakers in Germany seek truth in their transnational news environments. Presentation at the International Communication Association (ICA), 25- 29 of May, Toronto, Canada