RT UK’s Facebook audiences’ interpretation of Russia’s strategic narrative of the Syrian conflict
Journal: Digital War
Year: 2022

Study of participative war has tended to focus on digital content produced by civilians and combatants in the region, but foreign citizens also participate by interacting with international broadcast coverage via social media. Russia’s international broadcaster, RT, is accused of promoting Russian foreign policy goals and being a tool of ‘information war’ with the West. Its coverage has been shown to promote Russia’s strategic narrative of the Syrian conflict, legitimating Russia’s heavily criti