Mapping the website and mobile app audiences of Russia’s foreign communication outlets, RT and Sputnik, across 21 countries
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, policymakers worldwide have taken measures to curb the reach of Russia’s foreign communication outlets, RT and Sputnik. Mapping the audiences of these outlets in 21 countries, we show that in the quarter before the invasion, at least via their official website...
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Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
2022
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| author | Kling, J Toepfl, F Thurman, N Fletcher, R |
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| description | Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, policymakers worldwide have taken measures to curb the reach of Russia’s foreign communication outlets, RT and Sputnik. Mapping the audiences of these outlets in 21 countries, we show that in the quarter before the invasion, at least via their official websites and mobile apps, neither outlet reached more than 5% of the digital populations of any of these countries each month. Averaged across all countries, both outlets’ website and mobile app reach remained approximately constant between 2019 and 2021, was higher for men, and increased with audiences’ age. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e285dba7-12f6-4283-b305-b8bc31f7a82e2023-01-05T13:00:33ZMapping the website and mobile app audiences of Russia’s foreign communication outlets, RT and Sputnik, across 21 countriesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e285dba7-12f6-4283-b305-b8bc31f7a82eEnglishSymplectic ElementsShorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School2022Kling, JToepfl, FThurman, NFletcher, RFollowing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, policymakers worldwide have taken measures to curb the reach of Russia’s foreign communication outlets, RT and Sputnik. Mapping the audiences of these outlets in 21 countries, we show that in the quarter before the invasion, at least via their official websites and mobile apps, neither outlet reached more than 5% of the digital populations of any of these countries each month. Averaged across all countries, both outlets’ website and mobile app reach remained approximately constant between 2019 and 2021, was higher for men, and increased with audiences’ age. |
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