False Mirrors - The Weaponization of Social Media in Russia's Operation to Annex Crimea

Andrii Demartino's study investigates how social media was used to advance the Russian Federation's aggressive foreign policy in 2014, including the annexation of Crimea. It proposes counterstrategies to prevent such operations and improve national information policies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2022
Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon

In his comprehensive study, Andrii Demartino delves into the diverse range of techniques employed by the Russian Federation to advance an aggressive foreign policy, as exemplified by its operation to annex Crimea in 2014. Drawing upon a vast array of sources, Demartino meticulously traces the implementation of a series of Russian measures aimed at creating channels and organizations that manipulate public opinion in the Ukrainian segment of the internet and on platforms such as Facebook, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, LiveJournal, and Twitter. Addressing the crucial question of whether the operation to annex Crimea was improvised or planned, Demartino highlights Russia's ad-hoc actions in the realm of social media during that year.

Based on an in-depth analysis of Russia's influence operations, the book proposes a range of counterstrategies to prevent such active measures. These propositions have the potential to enhance Ukraine's national information policy and contribute to the development of adequate security concepts in other states.

Weight: 210g
Dimension: 149 x 212 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783838215334