2022年6月30日，中心专职研究员尹如玉的论文《Weaponizing Narrative: Media Discourse During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia》发表在《Zakon i Vlast》2022年第2期。

论文简介：

This study examines how the Kremlin enhanced its ability to weaponize news media during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Russia sees international communication as an important track in its foreign policy, using selective information to advance preferred narratives to legitimize the regime and its foreign policy endeavors. This article uses both political discourse analysis and media frames to demonstrate that, in response to the continuous accusations from some Western countries, Russia has weaponized its discourse. This is done through a methodology combining qualitative (content analytical) and quantitative (digital corpus analytical) methods. It focuses on two interlocking components of weaponized language: delegitimizing the Western media’s inappropriate remarks about Russia and securitizing the anti-pandemic activities of the Russian government. This study concludes by noting that Russia regards a weaponized narrative as a tool of foreign policy, but this kind of media discourse is unlikely to produce a solution to real tensions and foreign policy problems with the US. The article incorporates pandemic-related statistical data provided by the World Health Organization, Johns Hopkins University, and the Russian Ministry of Health.

作者简介：

    尹如玉，辽宁大学转型国家经济政治研究中心助理研究员，政治学博士。主要研究领域为俄罗斯外交政策，出版俄文专著1部，曾在《莫斯科大学学报（新闻卷）》、《Ojkumena. Regional researches》等俄文重点期刊上发表论文10余篇，主持省部级科研项目1项，校级科研项目3项。