Putin on a Show

[...]state-backed memes hailed Carlson for “educating the West” and deemed the interview a sign of international support for Putin’s regime. [...]a strategy aims to gain a soft-power advantage by appealing to Russia’s internet generation in a familiar language. [...]although many view government-bac...

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Published inBrown Political Review
Main Author Winters, Donald
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Providence Brown University Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Brown Political Review 09.05.2024
Subjects
Censorship
International relations
Internet
Politics
Presidents
Propaganda
Ukraine
Russia
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Summary:[...]state-backed memes hailed Carlson for “educating the West” and deemed the interview a sign of international support for Putin’s regime. [...]a strategy aims to gain a soft-power advantage by appealing to Russia’s internet generation in a familiar language. [...]although many view government-backed memes as the genesis of online political fights, these top-down memes are merely responses. In an authoritarian state, where the price of political expression is the safety of your loved ones and a jail sentence, people have to invent new ways to protest.