Scott Radnitz

Professor, @uwjsis. Post-Soviet politics, conspiracy theories, dis/misinfo; author of Revealing Schemes & Enemies Within: Global Politics of Fifth Columns

[Scott Radnitz @SRadnitz]

Conspiracy theories after an assassination attempt? In America? The most predictable thing imaginable. I gave an interview about this for @guardian

https://t.co/EnYa6jHQGY

@UWJSIS @uwcip

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I wrote a piece for @LSEUSAblog summarizing my new article in @PoPpublicsphere on how there was once a powerful coalition devoted to countering mis/disinformation, and how opponents of that coalition prevailed.
@UWJSIS @uwcip

https://t.co/Vr0QZsyN8n

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What if conspiracy theories were taken to their logical endpoint and put into practice as a form of governance? @MertCanBayar and I explore this question in our new article on the conspiracist theory of power in @CogitatioPaG
@uwcip
https://t.co/geftih4Rug

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My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @PoPpublicsphere.
It is the product of my work at @EUI_EU and @EUI_Schuman.

In a nutshell: Debates about misinformation are also contests over authority. How to make sense of these contests?

[Cambridge University Press - Politics @CUP_PoliSci]

#OpenAccess from @PoPpublicsphere -

Contesting Authority to Adjudicate Misinformation - https://t.co/7HwWO3b1bQ

"efforts to counter misinformation have been met with charges of bias and censorship, predominantly from the political right"

- @SRadnitz

#FirstView

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https://t.co/x0Z832eLAy

My new article with @KarceskiSteven and @YahsiaoYuan. Can a politician claim disinformation to escape accountability? We sought to find out.

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And here is one of our visuals (which might make more sense in context):

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I have a new article out in Information, Communication, and Society, co-authored with @YahsiaoYuan.

People are exposed to various claims about disinformation online, and maybe they believe those claims. But most studies present this info disembodied.
1/3

https://t.co/wdvROU1QBT

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Does it matter who is claiming disinfo, and who is supposedly spreading it? And how does that interact with prior beliefs? We conducted survey experiments in the US and Taiwan, randomly varying the identities of the claimant and source of disinfo.

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It's really old news now, but I was asked to write a piece about the Trump assassination attempt and conspiracy theories.

[Journal of Democracy @JoDemocracy]

There is nothing inherently menacing or antidemocratic about conspiracy theories. They can even be a source of amusement. The trouble comes when political elites weaponize them to invite violence. @SRadnitz

https://t.co/Cue9uavyzZ

[EllisonCenterUW @EllisonCenterUW]

TALK | Our Enemies will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence with @WSJ Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov. Monday, May 13, 2024, 6:00–7:30 pm @UWJSIS in HUB Room 145. Learn more and register: https://t.co/cmx8QIZZRN @yarotrof @SRadnitz

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TALK | Oxana Shevel - Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States. Thursday, May 2 from 6:00  to 7:30 pm @UW in HUB Room 214. Open to the public Learn more and register: https://t.co/ykodNwwd93 @OxanaShevel @SRadnitz @UWJSIS

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TALK | Central Asia in the Shadow of Russia's War - Featuring Nargis Kassenova and Temur Umarov with moderator @UWJSIS Prof Scott Radnitz. Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:00 am PDT - 12:30 pm PDT on Zoom. Register here: https://t.co/1rtSDvmMvj @KassenovaNargis @TUmarov @SRadnitz

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The invocation of an international element made the threat appear more severe." An old playbook. From Revealing Schemes https://t.co/19c8nuGraj
#CrocusCityHallAttack #Putin

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"A second notable element of the [Beslan] speech is that it reflected a scaling up of the explanation of the attack...The speech heightened the sense that Russia’s challenges extended beyond the bands of militants it had been battling, mostly successfully, since 1999.

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Call for Proposals! REECAS Northwest, the @aseeestudies northwest regional conference, will take place in Seattle at the University of Washington on April 11-13, 2024. Individual papers and panel proposals are welcome! Deadline Feb 5. Learn more & apply: https://t.co/kzRQ1thtAo

[PACT: Populism and Conspiracy Theory @ercpact]

Our keynote speakers are @AnastasiyaAst16, @ElaDra, @peter_g_knight, @SRadnitz and @PaulAdamTaggart. Here's our CfP. Please share it widely and consider submitting a proposal.

[CSS at ETH Zurich @CSS_ETHZurich]

The latest edition of the #RussianAnalyticalDigest examines the #ideological and #conspiratorial underpinnings of the Russian war against #Ukraine.

💡Analyses by @JulianWaller, @SRadnitz & @DKhlevnyuk.

Follow the link below to read the full analyses ↙

https://t.co/oZdVQDlXNu

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@lisas_research @chenchenzh #EWIS2023

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In Amsterdam and ready to be European for #EWIS with the working group on social media and everyday international relations @lisas_research @chenchenzh

[EUI Political Behaviour Colloquium @Behaviour_EUI]

We are delighted to host today @SRadnitz presenting a great paper (co-authored with @YahsiaoYuan): "When Do Claims about Disinformation Fuel Distrust? Evidence from Survey Experiments in the US and Taiwan". Hope to see you all there!