Scott Radnitz
@radnitz.bsky.social
Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, Univ. of Washington; affiliate of UW Center for an Informed Public. Post-Soviet politics, conspiracy theories, mis/disinformation. Jean Monnet Fellow, EUI 2022-23.
What if conspiracy theories were taken to their logical endpoint and put into practice as a form of governance? @mertcanbayar.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article on the conspiracist theory of power in @cogitatiopag.bsky.social.
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The Conspiracist Theory of Power | Article | Politics and Governance
Mert Can Bayar, Scott Radnitz
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August 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
What if conspiracy theories were taken to their logical endpoint and put into practice as a form of governance? @mertcanbayar.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article on the conspiracist theory of power in @cogitatiopag.bsky.social.
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
#Contesting #Authority to #Adjudicate #Misinformation
By @radnitz.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
#Contesting #Authority to #Adjudicate #Misinformation
By @radnitz.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
July 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
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My new article with @skarceski.bsky.social and Yuan Hsiao. Can a politician claim disinformation to escape media accountability? We sought to find out.
My new article with @skarceski.bsky.social and Yuan Hsiao. Can a politician claim disinformation to escape media accountability? We sought to find out.
Disinformation claims and public opinion: evidence from a survey experiment in Georgia
The spread of foreign disinformation is widely believed to constitute a threat to democracy. Yet when the notion of disinformation is salient, partisan actors may strategically invoke disinformatio...
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June 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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My new article with @skarceski.bsky.social and Yuan Hsiao. Can a politician claim disinformation to escape media accountability? We sought to find out.
My new article with @skarceski.bsky.social and Yuan Hsiao. Can a politician claim disinformation to escape media accountability? We sought to find out.
I have a new article out in Information, Communication, and Society, co-authored with Yuan Hsiao.
People are exposed to various claims about disinformation online, and maybe they believe those claims.
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People are exposed to various claims about disinformation online, and maybe they believe those claims.
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Responses to contested information amid polarized politics: evidence from the US and Taiwan
People increasingly encounter news in politicized spaces online, where various actors contest the veracity of information. This paper assesses how the context surrounding claims of disinformation s...
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November 29, 2024 at 7:09 PM
I have a new article out in Information, Communication, and Society, co-authored with Yuan Hsiao.
People are exposed to various claims about disinformation online, and maybe they believe those claims.
1/3
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
People are exposed to various claims about disinformation online, and maybe they believe those claims.
1/3
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Nominees are all hacks/loyalists or ideologues. Which is worse? I think ideologues, because they will damage an agency beyond what they're ordered to do. McMahon (DOE) is a loyalist. Bondi, like Gaetz--mostly loyalists. Gabbard (DNI) is both--she can (and would probably like to) do real harm.
November 22, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Nominees are all hacks/loyalists or ideologues. Which is worse? I think ideologues, because they will damage an agency beyond what they're ordered to do. McMahon (DOE) is a loyalist. Bondi, like Gaetz--mostly loyalists. Gabbard (DNI) is both--she can (and would probably like to) do real harm.
Most analyses are about the harm to US democracy. All true. But these appointments are also intended to damage the state --the postwar institutions that help protect public health and provide a decent standard of living, and have survived several hostile Republican administrations.
Just so we're clear on where we are:
-The President: an authoritarian who attempted a coup
-A Secretary of Defense who defends war crimes
-A Attorney General credibly accused of sex crimes
-A Director of National Intelligence who defends Putin and Assad
-An HHS director who opposes vaccines
-The President: an authoritarian who attempted a coup
-A Secretary of Defense who defends war crimes
-A Attorney General credibly accused of sex crimes
-A Director of National Intelligence who defends Putin and Assad
-An HHS director who opposes vaccines
November 14, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Most analyses are about the harm to US democracy. All true. But these appointments are also intended to damage the state --the postwar institutions that help protect public health and provide a decent standard of living, and have survived several hostile Republican administrations.