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Coordinated dissemination of false information

Disinformation attacks are strategic deception campaigns involving media manipulation and internet manipulation, to disseminate misleading information, aiming to confuse, paralyze, and polarize an audience. Disinformation can be considered an attack when it involves orchestrated and coordinated efforts to build an adversarial narrative campaign that weaponizes multiple rhetorical strategies and forms of knowing—including not only falsehoods but also truths, half-truths, and value-laden judgments—to exploit and amplify identity-driven controversies. Disinformation attacks use media manipulation to target broadcast media like state-sponsored TV channels and radios. Due to the increasing use of internet manipulation on social media, they can be considered a cyber threat. Digital tools such as bots, algorithms, and AI technology, along with human agents including influencers, spread and amplify disinformation to micro-target populations on online platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Google, Facebook, and YouTube. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Disinformation attackA 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: Le complot CharlieThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Read the landmark paper: Book Reviews: The Capitol Riots. Digital Media, Disinformation, and Democracy Under Attack by Sandra Jeppesen, Michael Hoechsmann, iowyth hezel ulthiin, David VanDyke, & Miranda McKee (Eds.) JeppesenSandraHoechsmannMichaelulthiiniowyth hezelVanDykeDavidMcKeeMiranda (Eds.) The Capitol Riots. Digital Media, Disinformation, and Democracy Under Attack.Cited 3 times
  4. Go sideways: DisinformationA closely related topic
  5. Go sideways: MisinformationA closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Goals
  2. Disinformation channels
  3. Defense measures

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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