This volume addresses the concept of “(in)nocent lies” in the media – beyond the concept of misleading information online, this extends to a deliberate effort to spread misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories – and proposes a critical approach to tackle the issue in related interdisciplinary fields.
The book takes a multidisciplinary and international approach, addressing the digital divide and global inequality, as well as algorithmic bias, how misinformation harms vulnerable groups, social lynching and the effect of misinformation on certain social, political and cultural agendas, among other topics. Arranged thematically, the chapters paint a nuanced and original picture of this issue.
This book will be of interest to students and academics in the areas of digital media, media and politics, journalism, development studies, gender and race.
Foreword Introduction: “Mapping lies in the global media sphere” Part I: Inevitable Spread of Nocent Lies: Who are the victims? Chapter 1: Populism, Disinformation & Surveillance: Causes & Consequences Chapter 2: Presidential Propaganda and the (Mis)Information Sphere: Fake News, Democratic (Dis)Trust and the Unintended Consequences of Lying Platforms in Nigeria Chapter 3: Mapping Mobs - Technological Affordances, Metrics, and Digital Violence Against Journalists Chapter 4: Mediatization and Abuse of History in the Age of Convergence: Lessons from Turkey Part II: Manufacturing ‘Content’ Chapter 5: “TikTokization” of the War: How the War in Ukraine Was Covered on the Social Media Entertainment Platform Chapter 6: Cultural Politics of Moral Panic and Creating Social Other: A Critical Analysis of Social Media Discourses on Migrant Labour Population in Kerala, India Chapter 7: Trends and Differences of News Falsification during Different but Consecutive Pre-election Periods: A Content Analysis of News in Television and Websites Part III: Common problems and further solutions Chapter 8: Digital inequalities among the national minorities in Central and Eastern Europe Chapter 9: “Return to censorship”: Portuguese perceptions of digital disinformation regulation Chapter 10: Coordinated Amplification, Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior, Orchestrated Campaigns? A Systematic Literature Review of Coordinated Inauthentic Content on Online Social Networks Chapter 11: Fake News in the Tension Arc of Artificial Intelligence Afterword
Tirşe Erbaysal-Filibeli is Associate Professor in the Department of New Media at Bahcesehir University, Turkey. Melis Öneren-Özbek is Assistant Professor in the Department of New Media at Bahcesehir University, Turkey.
