LEADER 02558nam 2200469z- 450 001 9910476885703321 005 20210210 010 $a1-04-077664-7 035 $a(CKB)5470000000567100 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29427 035 $a(oapen)doab29427 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000567100 100 $a20202102d2020 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aThe Politics of Social Media Manipulation 210 $cAmsterdam University Press$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 311 08$a94-6372-483-4 330 $aDisinformation and so-called fake news are contemporary phenomena with rich histories. Disinformation, or the willful introduction of false information for the purposes of causing harm, recalls infamous foreign interference operations in national media systems. Outcries over fake news, or dubious stories with the trappings of news, have coincided with the introduction of new media technologies that disrupt the publication, distribution and consumption of news -- from the so-called rumour-mongering broadsheets centuries ago to the blogosphere recently. Designating a news organization as fake, or der Lu?genpresse, has a darker history, associated with authoritarian regimes or populist bombast diminishing the reputation of 'elite media' and the value of inconvenient truths. In a series of empirical studies, using digital methods and data journalism, the authors inquire into the extent to which social media have enabled the penetration of foreign disinformation operations, the widespread publication and spread of dubious content as well as extreme commentators with considerable followings attacking mainstream media as fake. 606 $aCommunication studies$2bicssc 606 $aFreedom of information & freedom of speech$2bicssc 606 $aMedia studies$2bicssc 610 $adigital methods 610 $adisinformation 610 $afake news 610 $apost-truth 610 $asocial media 615 7$aCommunication studies 615 7$aFreedom of information & freedom of speech 615 7$aMedia studies 700 $aRogers$b Richard$4edt$010978 702 $aNiederer$b Sabine$4edt 702 $aRogers$b Richard$4oth 702 $aNiederer$b Sabine$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476885703321 996 $aThe Politics of Social Media Manipulation$93024531 997 $aUNINA