Russia’s Information Warriors Don’t Care If We Disprove Their Lies

nhboy

Ubi bene ibi patria
" The Kremlin has successfully used digital media to stoke conflict in Russian-speaking communities abroad, ranging from Ukraine to Germany. The West and its allies have responded with a variety of measures, chiefly aimed at providing informed counterpoints to Russia’s misinformation. However, one RAND study indicates that merely disproving Russian propaganda may not work, as readers’ of online media often adhere to the first take they see on a given topic. Therefore, if they read Russian propaganda first, that information tends to stay with them, even if they later read more accurate accounts. The United States should therefore seek to not only provide counterpoints to Russian information, but to discredit the source of information itself, thus inoculating readers from its effects.

The Kremlin has most effectively used Russian-language media abroad in the Ukraine crisis and in stoking tensions in Germany’s Russian community. Official media channels, as well as an array of social media bots, heavily promoted pro-Russian narratives during Russia’s annexation of Crimea and later involvement in Eastern Ukraine.http://georgetownsecuritystudiesrev...rs-dont-care-if-we-disprove-their-lies/#_edn1 While it is difficult to measure their influence, Crimea’s overwhelming vote to join Russia in 2014 was in some part influenced by these claims, which falsely argued that Kiev sought to purge ethnic-Russians from Crimea.[ii] The Kremlin used media to spread false claims again in Germany in January of 2016, when state-run Channel One claimed that asylum seekers had raped a young Russian-German girl.[iii] The claims, which German police eventually concluded were false, led to mass protests by Russian immigrants and even accusations of a German cover-up by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "

http://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2017/03/15/russias-information-warriors-dont-care-if-we-disprove-their-lies/
 

Hijinx

Well-Known Member
However, one RAND study indicates that merely disprovingDemocrat propaganda may not work, as Democrats and Liberals often adhere to the first take they see on a given topic. Therefore, if they read Democrat propaganda first, that information tends to stay with them, even if they later read more accurate accounts.(Which they seldom do because the truth isn't what they are looking for) The Trump Administration should therefore seek to not only provide counterpoints to Democrat lies but discredit the source of information itself, thus inoculating readers from its effects.
 

GURPS

INGSOC
PREMO Member
The Kremlin has most effectively used Russian-language media abroad in the Ukraine crisis and in stoking tensions in Germany’s Russian community.

Ooo that has political importance here ...



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