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Mapping the website and mobile app audiences of Russia’s foreign communication outlets, RT and Sputnik, across 21 countries

Published:2022-12-22 Issue: Volume: Page:
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Container-title:Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
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Short-container-title:HKS Misinfo Review

Author:

Kling Julia¹,Toepfl Florian¹,Thurman Neil²,Fletcher Richard³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Communication, University of Passau, Germany

2. Department of Media and Communication, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

3. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, UK How to cite: Kling, J., Toepfl, F., Thurman, N., & Fletcher, R. (2022). Mapping

Abstract

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.

Funder

HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council

Publisher

Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics, and Public Policy

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