Conspiracy Theories, Fake News and Disinformation. Why There’s So Much of It and What We Can Do About it
... is also an important point highlighted in the report, particularly that " the use of modern-day disinformation does not start and end with Russia. A growing number of states, in the pursuit of geopolitical ends, are leveraging digital tools and social media networks to spread narratives, distortions, and falsehoods to shape public perceptions and undermine trust in the truth ." We are used to research, dedicated to propaganda and fake news issues, that establishes only Russia is responsible for disinformation and fake news. This report, on the other hand, addresses propaganda and disinformation as a comprehensive problem. In the introduction, the authors claim that disinformation ...
05.06.2020
