‘Back in the USSR? The state of (social) media in Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine’

Description

CERISE online lecture on 26 April 2022.  
Speaker: Rashid Gabdulhakov, assistant professor at the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen  

Following the invasion of Ukraine, the domestic media landscape in Russia experienced dramatic transformations. The legislative realities have an immediate impact on free press, as realistic reporting from inside the country became an act of crime. Public discourse describes these developments as the return of the Soviet Iron Curtain in its digital incarnation. This presentation will address the state of the media in Russia. The speaker will focus on both traditional and social media and their impact on audiences in and beyond Russia. Watch here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCcLkckp_2Y