Propaganda and Disinformation Go Online
| Autor: | Barbora Šenkýřová, Jakub Drmola, Miroslava Pavlíková |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Presidential system
05 social sciences Media studies Target audience 050801 communication & media studies Context (language use) 16. Peace & justice Information warfare 0506 political science Politics 0508 media and communications Political science 050602 political science & public administration Disinformation Political authorities Information society |
| Zdroj: | Challenging Online Propaganda and Disinformation in the 21st Century ISBN: 9783030586232 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-58624-9_2 |
| Popis: | What is the future of political propaganda? Is the future ‘now’? When information warfare in Ukraine was made public, discussion about recent forms of propaganda dissemination appeared. A new period of propaganda emerged when human-controlled online accounts (so-called trolls) began manipulating online information. After allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections in the United States, upgraded trolls—robotised accounts—gained attention. Shortly after that, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its micro-targeted political campaigns based on data mining for political authorities worldwide emphasised the extent to which modern technologies can influence political decision-making. Moreover, we are now reading about the threat of the so-called deepfakes and their ability to perfectly deceive a target audience. In this chapter, we present current online propaganda tools in the context of the different information environment, examples of its use, and the possible threats of online propaganda in the future. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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