Information disorder, fake news and the future of democracy

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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2021.1927470" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2021.1927470</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2021.1927470" target="_blank" >10.1080/14747731.2021.1927470</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Information disorder, fake news and the future of democracy
Original language description
The terms ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’ have lost their shock value in today’s public discourse and seem to have become part of our normal political vocabulary. Fake news, mis- and disinformation are not a problem of a particular country but are found in politics around the world. In this paper, I look at how disinformation appears as a problem for democracy. Empirically, this paper explores dominant patterns of argumentation with a focus on the US, Germany and Czechia. I discuss the themes of media literacy, hybrid warfare and the emergence of fringe media. This paper argues that more attention needs to be paid to the affectual dimension of why people share fake news. Even though there is no easy solution for dealing with fake news, a first step is to stop denouncing people for believing in fake news and putting all our hope in media literacy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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