Hamilton Weekly Reports

ASD researchers analyze Hamilton 2.0 data to understand the narratives and topics the Russian, Chinese, and Iranian governments and state-funded media are promoting on Twitter, YouTube, broadcast television, and state-sponsored news websites. This reporting provides insight into state-backed narratives from the previous week and provides journalists, researchers, and citizens with information to better shape how they view Russia, China, and Iran’s messaging aimed at the West.

Hamilton Toplines: November 7-13, 2020

Last week’s U.S. election coverage from Russian state media continued to feature familiar themes, including claims of fraud, criticism of mainstream media coverage of the election, and condemnation of social media platforms for election-related issu [...]

2020-11-17T13:10:13-05:00November 17, 2020|By Amber Frankland, Nathan Kohlenberg, Bret Schafer and Etienne Soula|

Hamilton Toplines: October 31-November 6, 2020

Last week, Russian state media devoted substantial coverage to the U.S. elections. During election week (prior to the presidential race being called for Biden), the outlets continued to showcase various themes characteristic of their coverage of the [...]

2020-11-12T11:31:42-05:00November 10, 2020|By Amber Frankland, Nathan Kohlenberg, Bret Schafer and Etienne Soula|

Hamilton Toplines: October 24-30, 2020

In the last full week of coverage prior to Election Day, Russian state media continued to advance several familiar themes, including promotion of Hunter Biden allegations, claims of media bias, criticism of the two-party system, and claims of improp [...]

2020-11-03T13:06:08-05:00November 3, 2020|By Bryce Barros, Amber Frankland, Nathan Kohlenberg and Bret Schafer|

Hamilton Toplines: October 17-23, 2020

The final U.S. presidential debate provided significant fodder for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media to criticize the current state of U.S. democracy. Russian state media provided the most extensive coverage of the debate, with the majority [...]

2020-10-27T14:08:39-04:00October 27, 2020|By Amber Frankland, Nathan Kohlenberg, Bret Schafer and Etienne Soula|

Hamilton Toplines: October 10-16, 2020

The New York Post’s publication of salacious and unverified personal materials from a laptop allegedly owned by Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, was covered extensively by Russian state media, which focused both on the “explosive” contents of the story, as [...]

2020-10-20T13:17:01-04:00October 20, 2020|By Amber Frankland, Nathan Kohlenberg, Bret Schafer and Etienne Soula|

Hamilton Toplines: October 3-9, 2020

Last week, Russian and Iranian diplomatic and state media accounts and outlets primarily focused on regional issues, while Chinese accounts and outlets concentrated on U.S.-China disputes as well as President Trump’s coronavirus recovery. Russian st [...]

2020-10-13T14:30:19-04:00October 13, 2020|By Amber Frankland, Nathan Kohlenberg, Bret Schafer and Etienne Soula|

Debating the Debates: How Russian, Chinese, and Iranian State-Backed Media Covered the U.S. First Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates

Overview On September 29, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden sparred in the first of three (now two) presidential debates. The event, which was labelled a “debacle” and a “total disaster” by the U.S. news media, unsurprisingl [...]

2020-10-13T15:10:58-04:00October 13, 2020|By Amber Frankland, Nathan Kohlenberg, Bret Schafer and Etienne Soula|

Hamilton Toplines: September 26-October 2, 2020

President Trump’s positive coronavirus diagnosis was covered extensively by the Russian, Iranian, and Chinese networks monitored on Hamilton 2.0, with most of the content covering factual updates or well-wishes from diplomats and world leaders. Russ [...]

2020-10-06T15:08:05-04:00October 6, 2020|By Amber Frankland, Nathan Kohlenberg, Bret Schafer and Etienne Soula|

Hamilton Toplines: September 19-25, 2020

Last week, Russian state media coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy largely mirrored domestic U.S. media coverage, emphasizing the contentiousness of the nomination process ahead of the November election. A small amount of content suggested th [...]

2020-10-01T09:51:06-04:00September 29, 2020|By Bryce Barros, Amber Frankland, Nathan Kohlenberg, Bret Schafer and Etienne Soula|

Hamilton Analysis: Chinese State Media Reaction to TikTok-Oracle Deal Suggests Strong Opposition from Beijing

Overview On September 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that new restrictions would be placed on WeChat and TikTok, two social media apps owned by Chinese companies, effectively banning the apps from being downloaded from U.S. app [...]

2020-09-29T11:57:29-04:00September 29, 2020|By Bret Schafer and Etienne Soula|

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