The Evolution of Trump’s Image in Russian Media

Быкова, Е. В.; Gavra, Dmitrii P.; Slutskiy, Pavel

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“…This article is the third instalment in the series of articles on the Russian media coverage of the U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 election (see Bykova et al, 2018; Slutskiy & Gavra, 2017). Russian–American relations became one of the major focal points of the Trump’s first presidential term, with Russia occupying an important place in the electoral media discourse.…”

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“…In addition, specific keywords were added: Mueller, Mueller’s Commission, investigation of the Russian interference, the Senate Commission, and so on. Following the pattern established in the previous articles (Bykova et al, 2018; Slutskiy & Gavra, 2017), the researchers focused on communication features and the interpretation of these features to determine the authors’ intentions by analyzing linguistic units. The texts were extracted using formalized methods with translation of the texts conducted by the authors.…”

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Trump, Mueller Investigation, and Alleged Russian Election Meddling: Russian Media Coverage in 2017-2019

Gavra

Slutskiy

2020

American Behavioral Scientist

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The article analyses Russian media coverage of the charges of Russian meddling in the presidential elections in 2016, including the Mueller investigation and the publication of the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. The research utilizes content analysis of three daily newspapers and one official TV channel, with all the materials matching the relevant keywords being included in the sample. Several questions are discussed, including the following: all accusations in the presidential elections meddling are completely rejected, and the very existence of the accusations is attributed to several factors, such as U.S. internal political confrontation between Democrats and the Republicans, ongoing “Russophobia,” and general incompetence of American politicians and secret services. As a result Russian audiences are groomed to believe that all the accusations are completely false and should not be taken seriously. These accusations, however, are positioned by the media as belonging to a wider category of “fake news” and as such are portrayed as a threat not only to Russia, but to the global security in general.

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