Challenging Online Propaganda and Disinformation in the 21st Century

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-58623-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 273 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

Reihe: Political Campaigning and Communication

Disinformation has recently become a salient issue, not just for researchers but for the media, politicians, and the general public as well. Changing circumstances are a challenge for system and societal resilience; disinformation is also a challenge for governments, civil society, and individuals. Thus, this book focuses on the post-truth era and the online environment, which has changed both the ways and forms in which disinformation is presented and spread. The volume is dedicated to the complex processes of understanding the mechanisms and effects of online propaganda and disinformation, its detection and reactions to it in the European context. It focuses on questions and dilemmas from political science, security studies, IT, and law disciplines with the aim to protect society and build resilience against online propaganda and disinformation in the post-truth era.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mlejnková, Petra

Gregor, Miloš

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction1. Explaining the Challenge  (Miloš Gregor, Petra Mlejnková)

2. Propaganda & Disinformation Go Online (Miroslava Pavlíková, Barbora Burešová)
3. How Propaganda & Disinformation Work (Dominika Betáková, Miloš Gregor, Petra Mlejnková) 
4. Propaganda & Disinformation as a Security Threat (Miroslav Mareš, Petra Mlejnková) 
5. Technological Approaches to Detecting Online Disinformation and Manipulation (Aleš Horák, Vít Baisa, Ondrej Herman)
6. Proportionate Forensics of Disinformation and Manipulation (Radim Polcák, František Kasl)
7. Institutional Responses of European Countries (Mirka Pavlíková, Jan Hanzelka)
8. Labelling Speech (František Kasl)
9. Civil Society Challenging Disinformation in Europe (Jonáš Syrovátka)
Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Miloš Gregor is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. He focuses on political marketing, communication, and analysis of propaganda and disinformation, specifically on the manipulative techniques and narratives deployed to persuade the audience.
Petra Mlejnková is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. She focuses on security studies, the Far Right, and the analysis of propaganda and disinformation, specifically from a security perspective—how these phenomena affect national and international security.