Digital Dictators

Media, Authoritarianism, and Americas New Challenge

By (author) Ilan Berman

Publication date:

02 November 2018

Length of book:

170 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781538119907

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

The 2016 elections in the United States exposed a massive campaign of subversion and interference carried out by Russia and aimed at undermining the inner workings of American democracy. But that disinformation offensive represents just one part of a larger challenge now confronting the United States - the weaponization of news and views, both real and fabricated, by repressive regimes and radical non-state actors in order to advance their strategic objectives. In this volume, leading scholars and experts chart the rise of this "authoritarian media" phenomenon and explore its implications for U.S. foreign policy and America's standing in the world.

Contents

I. INTRODUCTION: The Rise of Authoritarian Media, by Ilan Berman

II. Russia’s Disinformation Offensive, by Donald N. Jensen

III. China Shapes the International Media Environment, by Peter Mattis and Samantha Hoffman

IV. The Islamist Takeover of Turkish Media, by Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu

V. Qatar’s Soft Power Experiment, by Jonathan Schanzer and Varsha Koduvayur

VI. The World According to Tehran, by David Denehy

VII. The New Digital Guerillas: ISIS and After, by Haroon K. Ullah

VIII. The Challenge Facing U.S. International Media, by Robert Bole

IX. CONCLUSION: Responding to Authoritarian Media, by Ilan Berman

X. Contributors