Scott Radnitz
@radnitz.bsky.social
Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, Univ. of Washington; affiliate of UW Center for an Informed Public. Post-Soviet politics, conspiracy theories, mis/disinformation. Jean Monnet Fellow, EUI 2022-23.
Conspiracy theories after an assassination attempt? In America? The most predictable thing imaginable. I gave an interview about this for @theguardian1.bsky.social @cip.uw.edu www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Press dinner shooting conspiracy theories spread in era of fractured politics
Neither political party is immune to conspiracy theories in a time of intense distrust in government and media, experts say
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I wrote a piece for @lseusablog.bsky.social summarizing my new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social sky.social on how there was once a powerful coalition devoted to countering mis/disinformation, and how opponents of that coalition prevailed. @cip.uw.edu blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
How illiberal actors prevailed in shaping the discourse around misinformation | LSE United States Politics and Policy
While the late 2010s saw concerted efforts to address disinformation, opponents of those efforts now dominate the public discourse.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
What if conspiracy theories were taken to their logical endpoint and put into practice as a form of governance? @mertcanbayar.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article on the conspiracist theory of power in @cogitatiopag.bsky.social. www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
The Conspiracist Theory of Power | Article | Politics and Governance
Mert Can Bayar, Scott Radnitz
cogitatiopress.com
My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social. It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
Perspectives on Politics@poppublicsphere.bsky.social · last yr.NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! #Contesting #Authority to #Adjudicate #Misinformation By @radnitz.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... My new article with @skarceski.bsky.social and Yuan Hsiao. Can a politician claim disinformation to escape media accountability? We sought to find out.
Disinformation claims and public opinion: evidence from a survey experiment in Georgia
The spread of foreign disinformation is widely believed to constitute a threat to democracy. Yet when the notion of disinformation is salient, partisan actors may strategically invoke disinformatio...
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I have a new article out in Information, Communication, and Society, co-authored with Yuan Hsiao. People are exposed to various claims about disinformation online, and maybe they believe those claims. 1/3 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Responses to contested information amid polarized politics: evidence from the US and Taiwan
People increasingly encounter news in politicized spaces online, where various actors contest the veracity of information. This paper assesses how the context surrounding claims of disinformation s...
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Nominees are all hacks/loyalists or ideologues. Which is worse? I think ideologues, because they will damage an agency beyond what they're ordered to do. McMahon (DOE) is a loyalist. Bondi, like Gaetz--mostly loyalists. Gabbard (DNI) is both--she can (and would probably like to) do real harm.
Most analyses are about the harm to US democracy. All true. But these appointments are also intended to damage the state --the postwar institutions that help protect public health and provide a decent standard of living, and have survived several hostile Republican administrations.
Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2y agoJust so we're clear on where we are: -The President: an authoritarian who attempted a coup -A Secretary of Defense who defends war crimes -A Attorney General credibly accused of sex crimes -A Director of National Intelligence who defends Putin and Assad -An HHS director who opposes vaccines
