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Search Engines and Foreign Influence: How Google and Yandex Mediate Russia’s Propaganda Abroad Daria Kravets-Meinke 004 300 320 search engines Russia propaganda This cumulative dissertation examined how the US-based Google and Russia-based Yandex mediate the propaganda efforts of Russia’s ruling elites abroad on a case study of Belarus. The findings presented here contribute to a nuanced understanding of how algorithmic gatekeepers, particularly search engines, can be strategically appropriated or manipulated to reinforce and export state narratives beyond national borders. The main conclusion of this dissertation is that both Yandex and Google, albeit through different mechanisms and to varying extents, can serve as mediators of Russia’s propaganda efforts abroad. Universität Passau Passau Innstrasse 29, 94032 Passau Florian Töpfl Mario Haim 2025-05-09 2025-05-27 PhDThesis Text urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15953 application/pdf eng Creative Commons - CC BY-SA - Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International thesis.doctoral Universität Passau Passau Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät 1 https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-uni-passau/oai/container/index/docId/1595 https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-uni-passau/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1595