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Character Assassination, Reputation Politics, and Social Media in Russia, with Sergei Samoilenko

Published: Sept. 18, 2017, 12:54 p.m.

Sergei Samoilenko, co-founder of the Character Assassination and Reputation Politics (CARP) Research Lab at George Mason University, shares his insights on how social media is used as a tool for defamation and crisis communication. We also discuss the state of the internet and social media in Russia, bots and trolls, and the Ukranian crisis.