Digital media and perceptions of the United States among the Russian elite, 2004–2016

Olesya Tkacheva

Post-Soviet Affairs, 2019, vol. 35, issue 5-6, 393-405

Abstract: This paper seeks to explain why Russian elites’ exposure to online media for their news contributed to stronger pro-American attitudes than reliance on traditional media. Two causal mechanisms are tested using a repeated cross-section of elite surveys. One operates at the level of attitudes and is suggested by the field of political communication; the other emerges from the literature on cognitive psychology and operates at the level of beliefs by providing a cognitive map through which individuals process information and reach conclusions. I find that both mechanisms are relevant, with framing effects being particularly important to hardliners’ perceptions of security threats.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2019.1662195

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