[Commlist] New book: Russia, Disinformation, and the Liberal Order - RT as Populist Pariah

We would like to announce a new publication from Cornell University 
Press, which we hope will be of interest.

*Russia, Disinformation, and the Liberal Order*

RT as Populist Pariah

*Stephen Hutchings, Vera Tolz, Precious Chatterje-Doody, Rhys Crilley & 
Marie Gillespie*

*https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501777639/russia-disinformation-and-the-liberal-order/* 
<https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501777639/russia-disinformation-and-the-liberal-order/>

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*Available in print and digital formats*

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*Receive a 20% discount online*:*

*LLF24*

*Valid until 11:59 GMT, 30th June 2025. Discount only applies to the CAP 
website.

Through the prism of the first comprehensive account of RT, the 
Kremlin's primary tool of foreign propaganda, /Russia, Disinformation 
and the Liberal Order /sheds new light on the provenance and nature of 
disinformation's threat to democracy. Interrogating the communications 
strategies pursued by authoritarian states and grassroots populist 
movements, the book reveals the interlinked nature of today's global 
media-politics pathologies.

Stephen Hutchings, Vera Tolz, Precious Chatterje-Doody, Rhys Crilley, 
and Marie Gillespie provide a systematic investigation into RT's 
history, institutional culture, and journalistic ethos; its activities 
across multiple languages and media platforms; its audience-targeting 
strategies and audiences' engagements with it; and its response to the 
war in Ukraine and associated bans on the network. The authors' analysis 
challenges commonplace notions of disinformation as something that 
Russia brings to the West, where passive publics are duped by the 
Kremlin's communications machine, and reveals the reciprocal processes 
through which Russia and disinformation infiltrate and challenge the 
liberal order.

/Russia, Disinformation and the Liberal Order/ provides provocative 
insights into the nature and extent of the challenge that Russia's 
propaganda operation poses to the West. The authors contend that the 
challenge will be met only if liberals reflect on liberalism's own 
internal tensions and blind spots and defend the values of open-minded 
impartiality.

*Stephen Hutchings* is Professor of Russian Studies at the University of 
Manchester.

*Vera Tolz* is Sir William Mather Professor of Russian Studies at the 
University of Manchester.

*Precious Chatterje-Doody* is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and 
International Studies at the Open University.

*Rhys Crilley* is a Lecturer in International Relations at the 
University of Glasgow.

*Marie Gillespie* is Professor of Sociology at the Open University.



*Cornell University Press | NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and 
Eurasian Studies | October 2024 | 342pp | 9781501777639 | HB | £45.00**

*Price subject to change.

*The ebook version of this title available through all major digital 
vendors and retailers. If you wish to purchase this title for your 
library then please contact your library supplier. For more information 
on ebook purchasing please follow this link - 
https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/ebooks/
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