The Russian and American media spheres converged to an unprecedented degree during the 2016 US presidential elections when reports of a possible dossier on Donald Trump emerged. This article considers the degree to which the media tactic of kompromat, which is the Russian abbreviation for “compromising material,” can infiltrate the US media ecology.

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Kompromat 走向全球？：评估美国的俄罗斯媒体工具

在 2016 年美国总统大选期间，俄罗斯和美国媒体领域的融合达到了前所未有的程度，当时有关唐纳德特朗普可能卷入的报道浮出水面。本文考虑了媒体策略的程度康普马特，即“妥协材料”的俄语缩写，可以渗透到美国媒体生态中。