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Media research in practice: Using INA’s archives to explore how French media cover Rwanda.
In the ARM project, part of our work is trying to understand what kind of information circulates about Rwanda in Europe. One of the countries we are focusing on is France. Part of our research is identifying potential trends over time. Have there been any changes in how Rwanda is portrayed? Do changes coincide with…
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Weaponizing Truth: How @ETFactCheck co-opted fact-checking to push state propaganda during the Tigray war
In an era when disinformation and misinformation run rampant, fact-checking has emerged as a critical tool for ensuring the credibility and integrity of information and for holding public figures accountable for their statements. However, there is a growing tendency among authoritarian governments to co-opt the vocabulary of fact-checking to advance their preferred narratives. This has…
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Synthetic Foreigners on Chinese Social Media
Foreign influencers operating across a wide range of social media platforms have been a consistent source of information manipulation aligned with Chinese influence operations. These foreign influencers – ranging from social media commentators and travel bloggers to self-proclaimed experts and state media journalists – are valuable assets for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as they…
