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Russiagate Revisited

The Aftermath of a Hoax

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Assembles an original collection of expert, scholarly assessments of the Russiagate affair

  • Critically engages with mainstream media narratives about Russiagate

  • Analyzes Russiagate with reference to geopolitical, media, propaganda, and disinformation contexts

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Stephen Marmura
    Pages 1-14
  3. Putting It in Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
  4. Propaganda and Mainstream Journalism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
  5. Demonizing Russia: Red Scares and Beyond

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
    2. Putin’s “Global Hybrid War”: The Anti-Russian Bias of the Atlantic Council

      • Andrei Tsygankov, Pavel Tsygankov, Haley Gonzales
      Pages 133-159
  6. The View from Russia: Media Frames and Rhetorical Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
  7. Dilemmas of Dissent

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
    2. Conclusion: What Are the Main Lessons?

      • Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Stephen Marmura
      Pages 295-302

About this book

This volume provides a comprehensive, scholarly re-examination of the events and developments collectively referred to as Russiagate. In 2016 a consensus emerged within American and British intelligence, political, and news media establishments that Russia was interfering in the United States federal election vis-à-vis an “influence campaign,” in support of the candidacy of Donald Trump. This narrative monopolized western media attention for over five years but has proven poorly founded in fact.  


Russiagate Revisited examines the authenticity of official Russiagate claims, the role of mainstream and alternative media as both observers of and participants in the drama, what Russiagate reveals about the state of mainstream journalism, the gambits of professional propagandists within a long-established campaign of demonization of Russia, how Russiagate narratives were perceived in Russia, and the grave implications - of both Russiagate and the decline of trust in public information - for sustainable western democracy. 


Keywords

  • conspiracy theories
  • political crisis
  • electoral interference
  • Donald Trump
  • Mueller report
  • propaganda

Editors and Affiliations

  • Media and Communications, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA

    Oliver Boyd-Barrett

  • Department of Sociology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada

    Stephen Marmura

About the editors

Oliver Boyd-Barrett is Professor Emeritus of Media and Communications at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.


Stephen Marmura is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. 




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Russiagate Revisited

  • Book Subtitle: The Aftermath of a Hoax

  • Editors: Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Stephen Marmura

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30940-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30939-7Published: 29 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30942-7Due: 12 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30940-3Published: 28 July 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 307

  • Topics: Digital/New Media, Political Communication, International Relations

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eBook USD 69.99
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Hardcover Book USD 89.99
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