Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation strategies in the Czech security forces
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F25%3A00144680" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/25:00144680 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09662839.2024.2362153" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09662839.2024.2362153</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2024.2362153" target="_blank" >10.1080/09662839.2024.2362153</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation strategies in the Czech security forces
Original language description
Increasingly, misinformation is a pressing security problem. Different types of counter-disinformation strategies have been proposed and tested in a growing number of studies. The findings from these studies, however, are limited to predominantly North American and Western European contexts where ordinary people are recipients of mis- or disinformation. There is a considerable gap in our understanding of the susceptibility to false information in closed communities like state security forces. To remedy this problem, the aim of this study is twofold: (1) examine the susceptibility of Czech members of armed security forces to misinformation and (2) in this context, test the effectiveness of two types of counter-disinformation strategies: prebunking and persuasive communication. We present a survey experiment of 618 officers from the Czech police and army. While we do not find support for the effect of persuasion or prebunking on perceived information accuracy, we show that the use of positive persuasion creates a gap in how police and army officers evaluate false and biased statements. The results offer an evaluation of the resilience of the Czech security forces to mis- and disinformation and suggest developing tailored approaches to counter disinformation in Czechia and elsewhere.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/VJ01010122" target="_blank" >VJ01010122: Armed and security forces resilience towards hybrid threats</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Security
ISSN
0966-2839
e-ISSN
1746-1545
Volume of the periodical
34
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
148-170
UT code for WoS article
001243813500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85195536517