As part of the panel "Producers, Transmission Channels, and Consumers of Russian Propaganda: Exploring the Intersection of Media, Politics, and State Control" organised by PhD student Serge Poliakoff, he gave the presentation "The CVs of the Propaganda Workers at Russia's Internet Research Agency: Socio-demographics, Tasks, and Career Paths (2013-2021)". PhD student Julia Kling spoke about "Propaganda in the Guise of Entertainment: How Non-News Accounts Disseminate Kremlin Propaganda to Mass Audiences on Russia's Social Network VKontakte".
Info about the panel:
"Producers, Transmission Channels, and Consumers of Russian Propaganda: Exploring the Intersection of Media, Politics, and State Control"
Chair: Olga Zeveleva, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
News Production and News Consumption by Russians and Ukrainians During the Russian War Against Ukraine
Sergey Sanovich, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
VK as a New Dominant Player in Russia‘s Internet
Philipp Dietrich, German Council on Foreign Affairs (DGAP), Germany & Alena Epifanova, German Council on Foreign Affairs (DGAP), Germany
Propaganda in the Guise of Entertainment:
How Non-News Accounts Disseminate Kremlin Propaganda to Mass Audiences on Russia’s Social Network VKontakte
Julia Kling, University of Passau, Germany
co-author: Florian Toepfl, University of Passau, Germany & Pascal Juergens, University of Trier, Germany
The CVs of the Propaganda Workers at Russia’s Internet Research Agency:
Socio-demographics, Tasks, and Career Paths (2013-2021)
Serge Poliakoff, University of Passau, Germany
Co-author: Florian Toepfl, University of Passau, Germany
The full conference programme can be found under this link:
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/decolonizing-space-global-east/program