Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This episode of "Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others" features Peter Pomerantsev, a British academic, a Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, and the author of two books about information in propaganda, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible and This is Not Propaganda. He explains the concept of propaganda and how it works in authoritarian versus democratic societies as well as evaluates Ukraine’s communication efforts.
00:00 – Teaser
00:59 – Introduction
01:35 – Background
03:07 – Ukrainian Identity
06:20 – Defining Propaganda
11:13 – Measuring the success of propaganda
13:43 – What is Russian Propaganda
17:51 – Responsibility of technology in propaganda
21:58 – Persuasion of audience
28:21 – Information Rammstein
31:15 – The Reckoning Project
38:29 – How the troll farms work
40:21 – Justice for Ukraine
43:07 – Responsibility and Guilt
02:29 – Opposition in Russia
53:22 – Favorite place in Ukraine
This publication has been produced with the support of the ”Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine”. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of Ukraїner and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Fund and/or of its financing partners.
Interviewer: Julia Tymoshenko (instagram.com/yulia_tymosha)
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This episode of "Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others" features Peter Pomerantsev, a British academic, a Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, and the author of two books about information in propaganda, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible and This is Not Propaganda. He explains the concept of propaganda and how it works in authoritarian versus democratic societies as well as evaluates Ukraine’s communication efforts.
00:00 – Teaser
00:59 – Introduction
01:35 – Background
03:07 – Ukrainian Identity
06:20 – Defining Propaganda
11:13 – Measuring the success of propaganda
13:43 – What is Russian Propaganda
17:51 – Responsibility of technology in propaganda
21:58 – Persuasion of audience
28:21 – Information Rammstein
31:15 – The Reckoning Project
38:29 – How the troll farms work
40:21 – Justice for Ukraine
43:07 – Responsibility and Guilt
02:29 – Opposition in Russia
53:22 – Favorite place in Ukraine
This publication has been produced with the support of the ”Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine”. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of Ukraїner and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Fund and/or of its financing partners.
Interviewer: Julia Tymoshenko (instagram.com/yulia_tymosha)
Support us: ukrainer.net/donate-en
Ukrainer in English YouTube: youtube.com/c/UkrainerinEnglish/videos
Ukrainer in English Facebook:
facebook.com/ukrainer.eng
Ukrainer in English Instagram:
instagram.com/ukrainer_en
#ukraine #interview
