Sarah Oate
Biographic Data
| ID | 1324243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Oate |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Oate |
| SIGNATURE | OATE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2154-0121 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 196 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Sharing a Playbook: The Convergence of Russian and U.S. Narratives about Joe Biden
This paper combines human coding and artificial intelligence to compare Russian propaganda narratives with discussion of Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden in social and mainstream media in the United States in summer 2020. The research found the presence of the same narratives across Russian English-language outlets, Fox News, rightwing websites, and leftwing Twitter. The research found a particularly strong convergence between the use …
The Google voter: Search engines and elections in the new media ecology
This paper explores key Internet search trends for electoral information vis-à-vis the broader media ecology in the UK and the US. An innovative methodology is introduced that maps the informational trajectories of key election events by combining Google Trends data linked to significant news events during the campaigns. While the research found spikes of search that suggested a seemingly trivial event in the US could drive voters to search out d…
A Perfect Storm: American Media, Russian Propaganda
The Russian state-sponsored campaign to spread disinformation abroad has found fertile ground in the United States, thanks to upheaval in the news media and politicians' denigration of the press
Kompromat Goes Global: Assessing a Russian Media Tool in the United States
The Russian and American media spheres converged to an unprecedented degree during the 2016 US presidential elections when reports of a possible dossier on Donald Trump emerged. This article considers the degree to which the media tactic of kompromat, which is the Russian abbreviation for "compromising material," can infiltrate the US media ecology
Democracy’s Double-Edged Sword: How Internet Use Changes Citizens’ Views of Their Government , by Catie Snow Bailard
Sarah Oates is Professor and Senior Scholar at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland.Address correspondence to Sarah Oates, Professor and Senior Scholar, the Philip Merri
Russian Media in the Digital Age: Propaganda Rewired
This article reflects on the role of media in the Russian Federation through the concept of “rewired propaganda.” The approach highlights how the Russian regime copes with challenges to its information hegemony in the digital age. The study employs two critical case studies to examine the Russian political communication sphere: the 2011–12 election protests and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 by a Russian missile in 2014. The article a…
Mind the Gaps: Media Use and Mass Action in Russia
In the winter of 2011–2012 in Russia, tens of thousands of citizens attended protest demonstrations in Moscow and other Russian cities after anger erupted over electoral manipulation in the Decembe
Revolution Stalled: The Political Limits of the Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere
"Can the internet fundamentally challenge non-free regimes? The role that social networking has played in promoting political change in the Middle East and beyond raises important questions about the ability of authoritarian leaders to control the information sphere and their subjects. Revolution Stalled goes beyond the idea of "virtual" politics to study five key components in the relationship between the online sphere and society: content, comm…
Political Challengers or Political Outcasts: Comparing Online Communication for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the British Liberal Democrats
The author gratefully acknowledges the support of grants from the British Academy (International Potential, National Limits: Investigating the Role of the Russian Internet in Constraining the Social Agenda), the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (Decoding the Online Sphere in the Post-Soviet Region), and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (RES-000-22-4159, The Internet and Everyday Rights in Russia) in research for this art…
Going Native: The Value in Reconceptualizing International Internet Service Providers as Domestic Media Outlets
Where’s the party?: Television and election campaigns in Russia
Terrorism, Elections, and Democracy: Political Campaigns in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia
This book examines the influence of terrorist threat in the recent elections in the US, Great Britain, and Russia to analyze the influence of post-9/11 fears on voting behaviour in comparative perspec
Rhetoric in the Language of Real Estate Marketing
‘Des. Res.’, ‘rarely available’, ‘viewing essential’—these are all part of the peculiar parlance of housing advertisements which contain a heady mix of euphemism, hyperbole and superlative. Of interest is whether the selling agent's penchant for rhetoric is spatially uniform or whether there are variations across the urban system. This paper is also interested in how the use of superlatives varies over the market cycle and over the selling season…
The neo-Soviet model of the media
This article traces the genesis of a neo-Soviet model of the mass media. Through an examination of the Russian media in the post-Soviet era as well as a review of media performance during elections in the region, the article concludes that the Russian media now operate in a ‘neo-Soviet’ fashion. Factors in this media model include a rejection of balance or objectivity; flaws in media law; self-censorship; government interference and harassment of…
Television, Democracy and Elections in Russia
Sarah Oates gives a detailed examination on a central theme in political science: the relationship between democracy and the mass media. This significant book contains a wealth of information and data, including: public opinion surveys, content analysis of television news, focus groups and in-depth interviews to examine why political parties and the mass media failed so spectacularly to aid in the construction of a democratic system in Russia. Th…
Framing fear: Findings from a study of election news and terrorist threat in Russia
This report presents findings from a project to study the framing of terrorist threat and security concerns in recent Russian elections. The project examined material from the main Russian nightly
Comparing the Politics of Fear: The Role of Terrorism News in Election Campaigns in Russia, the United States and Britain
How has the threat of terrorism been portrayed in recent election campaigns? Looking at detailed evidence from nightly news programmes in the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States shows various similarities, but also important divergences in the political salience of 'terrorism' in the context of the contemporary 'war on terror' in which the governments of all three countries are involved. The evidence suggests that message…
Media Effects and Russian Elections, 1999–2000
The Russian parliamentary and presidential elections of December 1999 and March 2000 appeared to have been won in large part through the partisan use of (particularly state) television. According to the evidence of a spring 2001 national survey, television was the main source of political information for the supporters of all parties and candidates. However, state television (which had been most supportive of the Kremlin) was much more likely to …
The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ and Postcommunist Europe
Politics and the Media in Postcommunist Russia
The evidence of a nationally representative survey conducted in April 2001 suggests that television is the medium of choice for most Russians. At least 92 per cent watch at least several times a week, with state channels more popular than those in commercial ownership. The media enjoy a high level of trust, and there is widespread agreement that they should adopt a stabilising role in society rather than simply report developments. Television is …
Was It Russian Public Television That Won It
Was It Russian Public Television That Won It
Was It Russian Public Television That Won It
A nationally representative survey conducted immediately after the December 1999 Russian Duma election indicates that national television was the most important source of news for voters and that there were few differences between the party supporters in their patterns of viewing. Voters for the pro-Kremlin Unity party, however, were the most likely to say they had been influenced by state television, and regression analysis indicates that state …
Eastern Publics and Western Enlargement
Russian Elections and TV News: Comparison of Campaign News on State-Controlled and Commercial Television Channels
The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics - Volume 5, Number 2, Spring 2000
The neo-Soviet model of the media
This article traces the genesis of a neo-Soviet model of the mass media. Through an examination of the Russian media in the post-Soviet era as well as a review of media performance during elections in the region, the article concludes that the Russian media now operate in a ‘neo-Soviet’ fashion. Factors in this media model include a rejection of balance or objectivity; flaws in media law; self-censorship; government interference and harassment of…
Russian Media in the Digital Age: Propaganda Rewired
This article reflects on the role of media in the Russian Federation through the concept of “rewired propaganda.” The approach highlights how the Russian regime copes with challenges to its information hegemony in the digital age. The study employs two critical case studies to examine the Russian political communication sphere: the 2011–12 election protests and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 by a Russian missile in 2014. The article a…
Mind the Gaps: Media Use and Mass Action in Russia
In the winter of 2011–2012 in Russia, tens of thousands of citizens attended protest demonstrations in Moscow and other Russian cities after anger erupted over electoral manipulation in the Decembe
Media Effects and Russian Elections, 1999–2000
The Russian parliamentary and presidential elections of December 1999 and March 2000 appeared to have been won in large part through the partisan use of (particularly state) television. According to the evidence of a spring 2001 national survey, television was the main source of political information for the supporters of all parties and candidates. However, state television (which had been most supportive of the Kremlin) was much more likely to …
Rhetoric in the Language of Real Estate Marketing
‘Des. Res.’, ‘rarely available’, ‘viewing essential’—these are all part of the peculiar parlance of housing advertisements which contain a heady mix of euphemism, hyperbole and superlative. Of interest is whether the selling agent's penchant for rhetoric is spatially uniform or whether there are variations across the urban system. This paper is also interested in how the use of superlatives varies over the market cycle and over the selling season…
Parties and Voters in the 1995 Russian Duma Election
(1997). Parties and Voters in the 1995 Russian Duma Election. Europe-Asia Studies: Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 767-798
Politics and the Media in Postcommunist Russia
The evidence of a nationally representative survey conducted in April 2001 suggests that television is the medium of choice for most Russians. At least 92 per cent watch at least several times a week, with state channels more popular than those in commercial ownership. The media enjoy a high level of trust, and there is widespread agreement that they should adopt a stabilising role in society rather than simply report developments. Television is …
Religion and Political Action in Postcommunist Europe
Patterns of political identification in postcommunist Europe are still weakly formed. The churches, however, command high levels of confidence, in sharp contrast to political parties. Representative surveys in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine in late 1997 and early 1998 indicate high levels of confidence in the churches in three of these nations, but not in the Czech Republic for reasons that appear connected to its forced conve…
Sharing a Playbook: The Convergence of Russian and U.S. Narratives about Joe Biden
This paper combines human coding and artificial intelligence to compare Russian propaganda narratives with discussion of Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden in social and mainstream media in the United States in summer 2020. The research found the presence of the same narratives across Russian English-language outlets, Fox News, rightwing websites, and leftwing Twitter. The research found a particularly strong convergence between the use …
Framing fear: Findings from a study of election news and terrorist threat in Russia
This report presents findings from a project to study the framing of terrorist threat and security concerns in recent Russian elections. The project examined material from the main Russian nightly
Was It Russian Public Television That Won It
A nationally representative survey conducted immediately after the December 1999 Russian Duma election indicates that national television was the most important source of news for voters and that there were few differences between the party supporters in their patterns of viewing. Voters for the pro-Kremlin Unity party, however, were the most likely to say they had been influenced by state television, and regression analysis indicates that state …
Russian Elections and TV News: Comparison of Campaign News on State-Controlled and Commercial Television Channels
Recent parliamentary and presidential election campaigns in the Russian Federation offer a chance to study the political role of television in a post-Soviet state. Television has many roles to play during an election in a developing democracy: It should inform voters about choices, report on the events of the campaign, and educate voters about the electoral process itself. This article examines how the news coverage of parliamentary and president…
The 1999 Russian Duma Elections
The 1999 Russian Duma elections were marred by less-than-democratic practices, including use of “compromising material” and biased television coverage. Once again, the Kremlin created a new party specially for the elections
Comparing the Politics of Fear: The Role of Terrorism News in Election Campaigns in Russia, the United States and Britain
How has the threat of terrorism been portrayed in recent election campaigns? Looking at detailed evidence from nightly news programmes in the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States shows various similarities, but also important divergences in the political salience of 'terrorism' in the context of the contemporary 'war on terror' in which the governments of all three countries are involved. The evidence suggests that message…
Party platforms: Towards a definition of the Russian political spectrum
By using a scheme developed in the West for coding party platforms, it is possible to chart the positions taken by major Russian parties in their parliamentary campaigns of 1993 and 1995. An analysis of the coding results finds three possible axes for ideological spectrums for Russian parties: pro‐market versus state control of the economy; Slavophile versus those that favoured a broader distribution of rights; and those that favoured warlike pol…
Kompromat Goes Global: Assessing a Russian Media Tool in the United States
The Russian and American media spheres converged to an unprecedented degree during the 2016 US presidential elections when reports of a possible dossier on Donald Trump emerged. This article considers the degree to which the media tactic of kompromat, which is the Russian abbreviation for "compromising material," can infiltrate the US media ecology
Political Challengers or Political Outcasts: Comparing Online Communication for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the British Liberal Democrats
The author gratefully acknowledges the support of grants from the British Academy (International Potential, National Limits: Investigating the Role of the Russian Internet in Constraining the Social Agenda), the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (Decoding the Online Sphere in the Post-Soviet Region), and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (RES-000-22-4159, The Internet and Everyday Rights in Russia) in research for this art…
Regional results in the 1996 Russian presidential elections
Parties and Voters in the 1995 Russian Duma Election
(1997). Parties and Voters in the 1995 Russian Duma Election. Europe-Asia Studies: Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 767-798
Party platforms: Towards a definition of the Russian political spectrum
By using a scheme developed in the West for coding party platforms, it is possible to chart the positions taken by major Russian parties in their parliamentary campaigns of 1993 and 1995. An analysis of the coding results finds three possible axes for ideological spectrums for Russian parties: pro‐market versus state control of the economy; Slavophile versus those that favoured a broader distribution of rights; and those that favoured warlike pol…
Eastern Publics and Western Enlargement
Russian Elections and TV News: Comparison of Campaign News on State-Controlled and Commercial Television Channels
The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics - Volume 5, Number 2, Spring 2000
Russian Elections and TV News: Comparison of Campaign News on State-Controlled and Commercial Television Channels
Recent parliamentary and presidential election campaigns in the Russian Federation offer a chance to study the political role of television in a post-Soviet state. Television has many roles to play during an election in a developing democracy: It should inform voters about choices, report on the events of the campaign, and educate voters about the electoral process itself. This article examines how the news coverage of parliamentary and president…
The 1999 Russian Duma Elections
The 1999 Russian Duma elections were marred by less-than-democratic practices, including use of “compromising material” and biased television coverage. Once again, the Kremlin created a new party specially for the elections
Religion and Political Action in Postcommunist Europe
Patterns of political identification in postcommunist Europe are still weakly formed. The churches, however, command high levels of confidence, in sharp contrast to political parties. Representative surveys in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine in late 1997 and early 1998 indicate high levels of confidence in the churches in three of these nations, but not in the Czech Republic for reasons that appear connected to its forced conve…
Was It Russian Public Television That Won It
Was It Russian Public Television That Won It
Was It Russian Public Television That Won It
A nationally representative survey conducted immediately after the December 1999 Russian Duma election indicates that national television was the most important source of news for voters and that there were few differences between the party supporters in their patterns of viewing. Voters for the pro-Kremlin Unity party, however, were the most likely to say they had been influenced by state television, and regression analysis indicates that state …
The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ and Postcommunist Europe
Politics and the Media in Postcommunist Russia
The evidence of a nationally representative survey conducted in April 2001 suggests that television is the medium of choice for most Russians. At least 92 per cent watch at least several times a week, with state channels more popular than those in commercial ownership. The media enjoy a high level of trust, and there is widespread agreement that they should adopt a stabilising role in society rather than simply report developments. Television is …
Media Effects and Russian Elections, 1999–2000
The Russian parliamentary and presidential elections of December 1999 and March 2000 appeared to have been won in large part through the partisan use of (particularly state) television. According to the evidence of a spring 2001 national survey, television was the main source of political information for the supporters of all parties and candidates. However, state television (which had been most supportive of the Kremlin) was much more likely to …
Television, Democracy and Elections in Russia
Sarah Oates gives a detailed examination on a central theme in political science: the relationship between democracy and the mass media. This significant book contains a wealth of information and data, including: public opinion surveys, content analysis of television news, focus groups and in-depth interviews to examine why political parties and the mass media failed so spectacularly to aid in the construction of a democratic system in Russia. Th…
Framing fear: Findings from a study of election news and terrorist threat in Russia
This report presents findings from a project to study the framing of terrorist threat and security concerns in recent Russian elections. The project examined material from the main Russian nightly
Comparing the Politics of Fear: The Role of Terrorism News in Election Campaigns in Russia, the United States and Britain
How has the threat of terrorism been portrayed in recent election campaigns? Looking at detailed evidence from nightly news programmes in the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States shows various similarities, but also important divergences in the political salience of 'terrorism' in the context of the contemporary 'war on terror' in which the governments of all three countries are involved. The evidence suggests that message…
The neo-Soviet model of the media
This article traces the genesis of a neo-Soviet model of the mass media. Through an examination of the Russian media in the post-Soviet era as well as a review of media performance during elections in the region, the article concludes that the Russian media now operate in a ‘neo-Soviet’ fashion. Factors in this media model include a rejection of balance or objectivity; flaws in media law; self-censorship; government interference and harassment of…
Rhetoric in the Language of Real Estate Marketing
‘Des. Res.’, ‘rarely available’, ‘viewing essential’—these are all part of the peculiar parlance of housing advertisements which contain a heady mix of euphemism, hyperbole and superlative. Of interest is whether the selling agent's penchant for rhetoric is spatially uniform or whether there are variations across the urban system. This paper is also interested in how the use of superlatives varies over the market cycle and over the selling season…
Where’s the party?: Television and election campaigns in Russia
Terrorism, Elections, and Democracy: Political Campaigns in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia
This book examines the influence of terrorist threat in the recent elections in the US, Great Britain, and Russia to analyze the influence of post-9/11 fears on voting behaviour in comparative perspec
Going Native: The Value in Reconceptualizing International Internet Service Providers as Domestic Media Outlets
Political Challengers or Political Outcasts: Comparing Online Communication for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the British Liberal Democrats
The author gratefully acknowledges the support of grants from the British Academy (International Potential, National Limits: Investigating the Role of the Russian Internet in Constraining the Social Agenda), the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (Decoding the Online Sphere in the Post-Soviet Region), and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (RES-000-22-4159, The Internet and Everyday Rights in Russia) in research for this art…
Revolution Stalled: The Political Limits of the Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere
"Can the internet fundamentally challenge non-free regimes? The role that social networking has played in promoting political change in the Middle East and beyond raises important questions about the ability of authoritarian leaders to control the information sphere and their subjects. Revolution Stalled goes beyond the idea of "virtual" politics to study five key components in the relationship between the online sphere and society: content, comm…
Mind the Gaps: Media Use and Mass Action in Russia
In the winter of 2011–2012 in Russia, tens of thousands of citizens attended protest demonstrations in Moscow and other Russian cities after anger erupted over electoral manipulation in the Decembe
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