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A framework for assessing the role of public service media organizations in countering disinformation
Digital journalism, volume 10, issue 5 (2022), pp. 843-865
"Public service media (PSM) are widely acknowledged as part of the variety of solutions to disinformation. The remit of PSM, formed around values of universality, equality, diversity, accuracy and quality, implies a responsibility to fight disinformation by producing fact-based news content and find...
Mapping of legal framework and responses by actors to address harmful content online in Kenya
Build Up
(2022), iv, 47 pp.
CC BY-SA
"Although hate speech, misinformation, and disinformation have likely always existed in our societies, social media platforms have added a new dimension to the spread and access of harmful speech. This report details the legal framework / rule of law tools in place, and responses by the government, ...
The unfreedom monitor: information
Amsterdam:
Advox; Global Voices
(2022), 22 pp.
"Spreading misleading information to shape public opinion is not a new phenomenon, and has been used for a long time by many governments and interest groups. The key research question for the Unfreedom Monitor is: "what are the key motives for, methods of, and responses to, digital authoritarianism ...
Misinformation across digital divides: theory and evidence from Northern Ghana
African affairs, volume 121, issue 483 (2022), pp. 161-
"Social media misinformation is widely recognized as a significant and growing global problem. Yet, little is known about how misinformation spreads across broader media ecosystems, particularly in areas with varying internet access and connectivity. Drawing on research in northern Ghana, we seek to...
Meeting the challenges of information disorder in the Global South
Rondebosch:
Centre for Film and Media Studies University of Cape Town; International Development Research Center (IDRC)
(2022), 256 pp.
"Despite information disorder being a widespread problem in countries in the Global South, the study of this phenomenon remains dominated by examples, case studies, and models from the Global North. Knowledge about the various manifestations of information disorder, the range of responses, and the s...
The chilling: global trends in online violence against women journalists
UNESCO
(2021), 94 pp.
CC BY-SA
"Online attacks on women journalists appear to be increasing significantly, as this study demonstrates, particularly in the context of the ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women during COVID-19. The pandemic has changed journalists’ working conditions, making them yet more dependent on di...
Maria Ressa: fighting an onslaught of online violence. A big data analysis
Washington, DC:
International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
(2021), 44 pp.
"This groundbreaking collaborative case study is the most comprehensive assessment of online violence against a prominent woman journalist to date. We conducted a forensic analysis of the torrent of social media attacks on internationally celebrated digital media pioneer Maria Ressa over a five-year...
The truth gap: how misinformation and disinformation online affect the lives, learning and leadership of girls and young women
Surrey:
Plan International
(2021), 46 pp., illustr., diagr.
"We surveyed over 26,000 girls and young women in 26 countries. 91% of girls and young women surveyed are concerned about misinformation and/or disinformation online. 40% of those surveyed are extremely or very concerned. Misinformation and disinformation are having a negative impact on 87% of the g...
Courage against hate
Facebook
(2021), 128 pp.
"The Courage Against Hate initiative has been brought together by Facebook for the purpose of sparking cross-sector, pan-European dialogue and action to combat hate speech and extremism. This collection of articles unites European academic analysis with practitioners who are actively working on coun...
Fake news is bad news: hoaxes, half-truths and the nature of today's journalism
Intech Open
(2021), 260 pp.
ISBN 978-1-83962-422-3 (online); 978-1-83962-421-6 (print); 978-1-83962-423-0 (pdf)
"The publication is focused on the ways fake news, disinformation, misinformation and hateful statements are spread across society, predominantly within the online environment. Its main ambition is to offer an interdisciplinary body of scholarly knowledge on fake news, disinformation and propaganda ...
Misconceptions, misinformation and politics of COVID-19 on social media: a multi-level analysis in Ghana
frontiers in communication, volume 6, issue 613794 (2021), 13 pp.
"The study showed a changing pattern in the misconceptions and misinformation about COVID-19. Initially myths were largely on causes and vulnerability. It was widely speculated that black people had some immunity against COVID-19. Also, the condition was perceived to cause severe disease among the e...
Myths and misconceptions on Covid-19: ‘Congo Check’ and ‘Talato’ verification experiences
frontiers in communication, volume 6, issue 627214 (2021), 21 pp.
"Myths are a way of making sense of reality and in times of crisis, lack of information truthfulness can open the gateways for uncertainties and disorientation. A more culture-centered approach to social media may provide an opportunity to halt misconceptions in these contexts serving as a correctiv...
Lie machines: how to save democracy from troll armies, deceitful robots, junk news operations, and political operatives
New Haven; London:
Yale University Press
(2020), xviii, 221 pp., glossary p.171-174, bibliogr. p.185-200, index
ISBN 978-0-300-25020-6; 0-300-25020-7
"Artificially intelligent “bot” accounts attack politicians and public figures on social media. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to promote their outlandish beliefs. Campaigners create fake dating profiles to attract young voters. We live in a world of technologies that misdirect our...
Liar’s war: protecting civilians from disinformation during armed conflict
International review of the Red Cross, volume 102, issue 914 (2020), pp. 659-682
"Disinformation in armed conflict may pose several distinctive forms of harm to civilians: exposure to retaliatory violence, distortion of information vital to securing human needs, and severe mental suffering. The gravity of these harms, along with the modern nature of wartime disinformation, is ou...
Internet y pandemia en las Américas: primera crisis sanitaria en la era digital
Ciudad de Panama:
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Democracia Digital
(2020), 286 pp.
ISBN 978-9962-8528-2-7
CC BY
Fake News, Framing, Fact-Checking: Nachrichten im digitalen Zeitalter. Ein Handbuch
Bielefeld:
transcript
(2020), 569 pp.
ISBN 978-3-8394-5025-3 (ebook); 978-3-8376-5025-9 (print)
"Digitale Kanäle wie Youtube, Facebook oder Instagram, Künstliche Intelligenz, Fake-News-Vorwürfe und zunehmend fragmentierte Publikumsinteressen haben das Format Nachricht ebenso verändert wie das journalistische Handwerk und die Nachrichtenrezeption. Was bedeutet dieser grundlegende Wandel fü...
Engendering hate: the contours of state-aligned gendered disinformation online
London:
Demos
(2020), 40 pp.
CC BY-SA
"Online spaces are being systematically weaponised to exclude women leaders and to undermine the role of women in public life. Attacks on women which use hateful language, rumour and gendered stereotypes combine personal attacks with political motivations, making online spaces dangerous places for w...
Managing misinformation in a humanitarian context: Internews rumour tracking methodology. Part I: Context, part II: case study
Internews
(2019), 56 pp.
"Internews Rumour Tracking Methodology consists of four key functions: 1. A mechanism to determine and document which rumours are circulating; 2. An effective strategy to fact-check information and rumours; 3. A variety of accessible and inclusive mechanisms to share accurate responses to rumours; 4...
Computational propaganda: political parties, politicians, and political manipulation on social media
New York:
Oxford University Press
(2019), vi, 263 pp., index
ISBN 978-0-19-093141-4 (pbk)
"Computational propaganda is an emergent form of political manipulation that occurs over the Internet. The term describes the assemblage of social media platforms, autonomous agents, algorithms, and big data tasked with the manipulation of public opinion. Our research shows that this new mode of int...
Online supplement to working paper 2018.1. Challenging truth and trust: a global inventory of organized social media manipulation
Oxford:
Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford; Computational Propaganda Research Project
(2018), 81 pp.
"These are the background case notes complied for MEMO 2018.1: Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation. For details on the methods behind this content analysis please see the methodology section of the report. This document contains data from over 500 s...
