Network Analysis of Disinformation Actors During COVID-19 Pandemics and Beyond : The Case of Czech Facebook

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F24%3A00139895" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/24:00139895 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.obranaastrategie.cz/en/archive/volume-2024/1-2024/articles/network-analysis-of-disinformation-actors-during-covid-19-pandemics-and-beyond.html" target="_blank" >https://www.obranaastrategie.cz/en/archive/volume-2024/1-2024/articles/network-analysis-of-disinformation-actors-during-covid-19-pandemics-and-beyond.html</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.24.2024.01.019-039" target="_blank" >10.3849/1802-7199.24.2024.01.019-039</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Network Analysis of Disinformation Actors During COVID-19 Pandemics and Beyond : The Case of Czech Facebook

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Disinformation has been on the rise in recent years. Especially Central and Eastern Europe felt this in the form of Russian hybrid campaigns aiming to destabilize democratic governments and whole societies. Despite the apparent threat, there is a considerable research gap regarding the disinformation scene in the Czech Republic, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This article aimed to cover this gap by conducting a social network analysis of the Czech disinformation scene on Facebook from the beginning of the pandemic on March 11, 2020, until August 2023. The final dataset contained more than 6,000 posts, resulting in a network of 3,822 actors and 7,255 interactions. The analysis showed a high interconnectedness of the analyzed network and confirmed the crucial role of politicians and other public figures in spreading disinformation in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, a “disinformation spillover” from Slovakia to Czechia was observed, pointing out the interconnected disinformation scene in the two countries.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Network Analysis of Disinformation Actors During COVID-19 Pandemics and Beyond : The Case of Czech Facebook

Popis výsledku anglicky

Disinformation has been on the rise in recent years. Especially Central and Eastern Europe felt this in the form of Russian hybrid campaigns aiming to destabilize democratic governments and whole societies. Despite the apparent threat, there is a considerable research gap regarding the disinformation scene in the Czech Republic, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This article aimed to cover this gap by conducting a social network analysis of the Czech disinformation scene on Facebook from the beginning of the pandemic on March 11, 2020, until August 2023. The final dataset contained more than 6,000 posts, resulting in a network of 3,822 actors and 7,255 interactions. The analysis showed a high interconnectedness of the analyzed network and confirmed the crucial role of politicians and other public figures in spreading disinformation in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, a “disinformation spillover” from Slovakia to Czechia was observed, pointing out the interconnected disinformation scene in the two countries.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/VJ01010122" target="_blank" >VJ01010122: Resilience ozbrojených sil a ozbrojených bezpečnostních sborů vůči hybridním hrozbám</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Obrana a strategie

ISSN

1214-6463

e-ISSN

1802-7199

Svazek periodika

24

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

19-39

Kód UT WoS článku

001333638700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85198856872