Cultivating Ecological Literacy: A Critical Framework for Understanding and Addressing Mis‐ and Disinformation
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DOI: 10.1002/pra2.656
Abstract: This conceptual paper highlights limitations within existing approaches to mis and disinformation and offers a cross disciplinary approach that draws from social shaping of technology and critical informatics to explain and understand these complex informational… read more here.
Keywords: information; mis disinformation; disinformation; cultivating ecological ... See more keywords
Combating disinformation in a social media age
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DOI: 10.1002/widm.1385
Abstract: The creation, dissemination, and consumption of disinformation and fabricated content on social media is a growing concern, especially with the ease of access to such sources, and the lack of awareness of the existence of… read more here.
Keywords: social media; media age; disinformation; combating disinformation ... See more keywords
Mistranslation as disinformation: COVID-19, global imaginaries, and self-serving cosmopolitanism
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DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2021.1898037
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article delves into the politics of the U.S.-China blame-game regarding COVID-19’s origin, particularly Chinese disinformation narratives attributing the virus’s root to the United States. The blame-game is symptomatic of contradictory global imaginaries circulated… read more here.
Keywords: disinformation; disinformation covid; self serving; global imaginaries ... See more keywords
A Picture Paints a Thousand Lies? The Effects and Mechanisms of Multimodal Disinformation and Rebuttals Disseminated via Social Media
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DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2019.1674979
Abstract: Today’s fragmented and digital media environment may create a fertile breeding ground for the uncontrolled spread of disinformation. Although previous research has investigated the effects of misinformation and corrective efforts, we know too little about… read more here.
Keywords: multimodal disinformation; paints thousand; disinformation; fact checkers ... See more keywords
Understanding the Use of Private Messaging Apps in Canada and Links to Disinformation
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DOI: 10.1109/mts.2022.3197115
Abstract: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world have been facing an increased spread of disinformation on social media by foreign and domestic actors. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the challenges of online disinformation facing… read more here.
Keywords: private messaging; disinformation; understanding use; messaging apps ... See more keywords
Disinformation Propagation Trend Analysis and Identification Based on Social Situation Analytics and Multilevel Attention Network
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DOI: 10.1109/tcss.2022.3169132
Abstract: Digital disinformation, such as those occurring on online social networks (OSNs), can influence public opinion, create mistrust and division, and impact decision- and policy-making. In this study, we propose a disinformation diffusion trend analysis and… read more here.
Keywords: disinformation; attention; social situation; propagation ... See more keywords
Mitigating Influence of Disinformation Propagation Using Uncertainty-Based Opinion Interactions
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DOI: 10.1109/tcss.2022.3225375
Abstract: For decades, the spread of disinformation in online social networks (OSNs) has been a serious social issue. Disinformation via social media can easily mislead people’s beliefs toward or against an event that may mislead their… read more here.
Keywords: mitigating influence; disinformation; uncertainty based; opinion ... See more keywords
Effect of Disinformation Propagation on Opinion Dynamics: A Game Theoretic Approach
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DOI: 10.1109/tnse.2022.3181130
Abstract: Disinformation can alter or manipulate our values, opinions, and rational decisions toward any life event because disinformation, such as fake news or rumors, is propagated rapidly and broadly in online social networks (OSNs). Game-theoretic models… read more here.
Keywords: disinformation propagation; opinion; disinformation; game theoretic ... See more keywords
A multi-layer approach to disinformation detection in US and Italian news spreading on Twitter
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DOI: 10.1140/epjds/s13688-020-00253-8
Abstract: We tackle the problem of classifying news articles pertaining to disinformation vs mainstream news by solely inspecting their diffusion mechanisms on Twitter. This approach is inherently simple compared to existing text-based approaches, as it allows… read more here.
Keywords: disinformation; news; multi layer; approach ... See more keywords
This is Clearly Fake! Mis- and Disinformation Beliefs and the (Accurate) Recognition of Pseudo-Information—Evidence From the United States and the Netherlands
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DOI: 10.1177/00027642231174334
Abstract: To understand how beliefs about mis- and disinformation affect citizens’ (correct) classification of pseudo-information, this paper relies on an experimental survey study in the United States and the Netherlands in which we (a) measured mis-… read more here.
Keywords: mis disinformation; disinformation; states netherlands; pseudo information ... See more keywords
Disinformation as a Threat to Deliberative Democracy
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DOI: 10.1177/1065912920938143
Abstract: It is frequently claimed that online disinformation threatens democracy, and that disinformation is more prevalent or harmful because social media platforms have disrupted our communication systems. These intuitions have not been fully developed in democratic… read more here.
Keywords: democracy disinformation; anti deliberative; disinformation; disinformation threat ... See more keywords