Open AccessUnderstanding sputnik news agency strategic state narratives
Author(s) -
Bogdan Gabriel STEFAN
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bulletin of the "transilvania" university of braşov. series vii, social sciences and law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2066-771X
pISSN - 2066-7701
DOI - 10.31926/but.ssl.2020.13.62.3.17
Subject(s) - narrative , political science , foreign policy , agency (philosophy) , state (computer science) , public relations , russian federation , media studies , public administration , sociology , politics , social science , regional science , law , computer science , art , algorithm , literature
Our digital society becomes today the new battleground for powerful state actors, such as the Russian Federation, interested in boosting strategic narratives designed to systematically shape people’s perceptions and generate "alternative realities" suitable for empowering Russia's foreign policy objectives. This research recovers the web content stored on the Russian platform ro.sputnik.md and delivers answers by interpreting large quantities of data: all news headlines, their summary, date of publication, views, positive/negative reviews, comments, tags assigned by the publisher as well as the section in which the news is framed, all for better understanding the key themes that Russia promotes in our country.