Democracy and Fake News

This book explores the challenges that disinformation, fake news, and post-truth politics pose to democracy from a multidisciplinary perspective. The authors analyse and interpret how the use of technology and social media as well as the emergence of new political narratives has been progressively c...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1595562025-07-29T17:57:54Z Democracy and Fake News Giusti, Serena Piras, Elisa disinformation misinformation social media technology fake news artificial intelligence Russia internet democracy post-truth politics Information manipulation Information-democracy nexus Vaccine Hesitancy Valery Gerasimov UK’s Referendum Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Tweets Propagation Epistemic Injustice Automated Accounts Testimonial Injustice Effective Accounts Hybrid Warfare Fake News Website Chinese Governments Russian Meddling Cee Country Vote Leave Campaign thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWC Political campaigning and advertising thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTP Publishing industry and journalism::KNTP2 News media and journalism thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy This book explores the challenges that disinformation, fake news, and post-truth politics pose to democracy from a multidisciplinary perspective. The authors analyse and interpret how the use of technology and social media as well as the emergence of new political narratives has been progressively changing the information landscape, undermining some of the pillars of democracy. The volume sheds light on some topical questions connected to fake news, thereby contributing to a fuller understanding of its impact on democracy. In the Introduction, the editors offer some orientating definitions of post-truth politics, building a theoretical framework where various different aspects of fake news can be understood. The book is then divided into three parts: Part I helps to contextualise the phenomena investigated, offering definitions and discussing key concepts as well as aspects linked to the manipulation of information systems, especially considering its reverberation on democracy. Part II considers the phenomena of disinformation, fake news, and post-truth politics in the context of Russia, which emerges as a laboratory where the phases of creation and diffusion of fake news can be broken down and analysed; consequently, Part II also reflects on the ways to counteract disinformation and fake news. Part III moves from case studies in Western and Central Europe to reflect on the methodological difficulty of investigating disinformation, as well as tackling the very delicate question of detection, combat, and prevention of fake news. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of political science, law, political philosophy, journalism, media studies, and computer science, since it provides a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of post-truth politics. 2025-05-16T06:33:50Z 2025-05-16T06:33:50Z 2025-05-15T10:10:05Z 2020 book ONIX_20250515T115059_9781000286731_84 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101834 9781000286731 9781000286779 9780367479541 9781003037385 9780367479558 9781000286816 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159556 eng Politics, Media and Political Communication open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101834/1/9781000286731.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101834/1/9781000286731.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003037385 10.4324/9781003037385 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781000286731 9781000286779 9780367479541 9781003037385 9780367479558 9781000286816 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2020: HSS Frontlist Books Routledge 246 Oxford [...] open access
spellingShingle disinformation
misinformation
social media
technology
fake news
artificial intelligence
Russia
internet
democracy
post-truth politics
Information manipulation
Information-democracy nexus
Vaccine Hesitancy
Valery Gerasimov
UK’s Referendum
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Tweets Propagation
Epistemic Injustice
Automated Accounts
Testimonial Injustice
Effective Accounts
Hybrid Warfare
Fake News Website
Chinese Governments
Russian Meddling
Cee Country
Vote Leave Campaign
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTP Publishing industry and journalism::KNTP2 News media and journalism
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy
Democracy and Fake News
title Democracy and Fake News
title_full Democracy and Fake News
title_fullStr Democracy and Fake News
title_full_unstemmed Democracy and Fake News
title_short Democracy and Fake News
title_sort democracy and fake news
topic disinformation
misinformation
social media
technology
fake news
artificial intelligence
Russia
internet
democracy
post-truth politics
Information manipulation
Information-democracy nexus
Vaccine Hesitancy
Valery Gerasimov
UK’s Referendum
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Tweets Propagation
Epistemic Injustice
Automated Accounts
Testimonial Injustice
Effective Accounts
Hybrid Warfare
Fake News Website
Chinese Governments
Russian Meddling
Cee Country
Vote Leave Campaign
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWC Political campaigning and advertising
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTP Publishing industry and journalism::KNTP2 News media and journalism
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy
topic_facet disinformation
misinformation
social media
technology
fake news
artificial intelligence
Russia
internet
democracy
post-truth politics
Information manipulation
Information-democracy nexus
Vaccine Hesitancy
Valery Gerasimov
UK’s Referendum
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Tweets Propagation
Epistemic Injustice
Automated Accounts
Testimonial Injustice
Effective Accounts
Hybrid Warfare
Fake News Website
Chinese Governments
Russian Meddling
Cee Country
Vote Leave Campaign
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWC Political campaigning and advertising
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTP Publishing industry and journalism::KNTP2 News media and journalism
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy
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