Analyzing Policies Combating Disinformation: A Comparative Case Study of the Russian Federation and the European Union

Student: Pujari Harshad satchidanand

Supervisor: Caroline Schlaufer

Educational Programme: Political Analysis and Public Policy (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2020

The Multiple Streams Framework is an empirical public policy framework used which explains the significance of a brief window of opportunity which is created when the problem stream, the policy stream and the political stream meet. This thesis makes an attempt to explain why disinformation policies are adopted by comparing two very different cases of the Russian Federation and the European Union. The research followed two primary methodological approaches, the content, discourse analysis and semi-structured expert interviews. The findings demonstrate a distinct difference in the application of MSF in a state and supranational entity.

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