Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation strategies in the Czech security forces

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation strategies in the Czech security forces

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation strategies in the Czech security forces

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

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

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

European Security

ISSN

0966-2839

e-ISSN

1746-1545

Svazek periodika

34

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

148-170

Kód UT WoS článku

001243813500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85195536517