Informationskriget: Nya skiljelinjer och nya medel i världspolitiken
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2018

The last few years has seen the world slipping back into the classic dividing lines of the Cold War - marked perhaps most clearly by Russias invasion of Crimea in 2014. At the same time, a new phenomenen has entered modern politics. We discuss fake news, information warfare and election meddling - again with Russia as a proposed assailant. What is the driving force behind this? And is it something inherently new? Through a qualitative motivational analysis, I argue that there are two main reason