Abstract
Disinformation, as a political strategy, has gained a new role, specially since 2016. The harmful role for democracy’s functioning has been exemplified, for example, by cases such as the 2016 United States elections, Brexit and the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica case. The creation of a fake news industry has affected the media’s performance and credibility, mainly over the last years. The informational disorder in the public space served as a lever for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to publish the work ‘Journalism, Fake News and Disinformation’, an education handbook and a journalism training. Fake news is analyzed as a way to influence voters, based on examples from the United States and Mozambican presidential elections and Russia’s alleged interference in it. In parallel, the Oxford University (United Kingdom) e-book ‘Organized Media Manipulation Inventory’ is considered, which has seen an increase in manipulation campaigns in 2019 over the last three years.
Presenters
Paulo Bruno AlvesProfessor, Arts and Communication, Viseu Higher School of Education - Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2022 Special Focus—Democratic Disorder: Disinformation, the Media and Crisis in a Time of Change
KEYWORDS
Disinformation, Democracy, Politics, Elections, Manipulation
