The Rogue and the Diplomat : an analysis of conservative American media discourse on Russia in the Trump era
Journal: Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)
Year: 2019

In December of 2016, the CIA announced that Russian actors had hacked into US servers in an effort to assist then-candidate Donald Trump in his 2016 bid for the US presidency. This revelation, amidst increasing political polarization in the US and the common use of phrases like ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’, contributed to a controversial election landscape that combined elements of US-Russian relations, journalistic ethics, and technological advancement. This thesis uses a case study to e