The Battle for Truth: Mapping the Network of Information War Experts in the Czech Republic
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://irihs.ihs.ac.at/4838/1/rychnovska-kohut-2018-battle-for-truth.pdf" target="_blank" >http://irihs.ihs.ac.at/4838/1/rychnovska-kohut-2018-battle-for-truth.pdf</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Battle for Truth: Mapping the Network of Information War Experts in the Czech Republic
Original language description
The rise of 'information disorder' that undermines Western political principles has become one of the key political concerns in today's Europe and United States and led to searching for new solutions to the problem of how to fight the spread of mis- and dis-information. The challenges of information disorder, however, are increasingly perceived as a part of the information war - which involves the intentional Russian propaganda using new media. Yet who gets to help our societies build resilience against the information war? This research looks at how this novel problematization of security affects the politics of security expertise. Or, who gains power in this 'battle for truth'? Building on sociological approaches in security studies, this paper focuses on the Czech Republic as a country that has become very active in the fight against disinformation and analyses the network of actors recognized as providing security expertise on information warfare. Based on social network analysis, the research maps the structure of social relations among actors recognized as experts and points out the empowerment of think tanks and journalists, who are able to build social capital, mobilize their knowledge of Russian politics and the new media environment, and design new practices to make the society resilient towards information warfare.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
New Perspectives
ISSN
2336-825X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
31
Pages from-to
57-87
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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