Disinformation
3 books
The deliberate spread of false or misleading information to manipulate public opinion.
Goals
To understand mechanisms of disinformation creation and spread in digital environments. To analyze impacts on democratic discourse, elections, and social cohesion. To evaluate platform governance, media literacy interventions, and regulatory approaches. To develop critical skills for identifying and countering misleading information.
Books
Likewar
Peter Warren Singer, Emerson T. Brooking, 2018
This Is Not Propaganda
Peter Pomerantsev, 2019
Active Measures
Thomas Rid, 2020
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