Disinformation
Disinformation refers to false information spread intentionally[1] to make a targeted audience believe something that is not based on facts.[1] Disinformation may include the distribution of forged documents, manuscripts and photographs, or the promotion of harmful rumors, conspiracy theories and fake intelligence.[2][3]
Conspiracy theories
A major form of disinformation is conspiracy theories.
Disinformation Media
How Disinformation Can Be Spread, explanation by U.S. Defense Department (2001)
Disinformation spreads through controversies.
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Learning Disinformation". The British Library Board. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
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- Sunstein, Cass R.; Vermeule, Adrian (January 17, 2008). "Conspiracy Theories" (PDF). U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper (387). Retrieved December 14, 2024.
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- van Prooijen, Jan-Willem; Douglas, Karen M (June 29, 2017). "Conspiracy theories as part of history: The role of societal crisis situations". Memory Studies. 10 (3): 323–333. doi:10.1177/1750698017701615. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
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- Douglas, Karen M.; Sutton, Robbie M. (September 28, 2022). "What Are Conspiracy Theories? A Definitional Approach to Their Correlates, Consequences, and Communication". Annual Review of Psychology. 74: 271–298. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-032420-031329. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
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- Robertson, David George (November 25, 2014). "Metaphysical conspiracism: UFOs as discursive object between popular millennial and conspiracist fields". University of Edinburgh Research Archive. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- Bronner, Stephen Eric (2020). "Conspiracy Fetishism, Community, and the Antisemitic Imaginary". Antisemitism Studies. Indiana University Press. 4 (2): 371–387. doi:10.2979/antistud.4.2.06. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- Kofta, Mirosław; Soral, Wiktor; Bilewicz, Michał (2020). "What breeds conspiracy antisemitism? The role of political uncontrollability and uncertainty in the belief in Jewish conspiracy". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 118 (5): 900–918. doi:10.1037/pspa0000183. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- Robertson, David G. (2021). "Chapter 7 They Knew Too Much: The Entangled History of Conspiracy Theories, UFOs and New Religions". Handbook of UFO Religions. pp. 178–196. doi:10.1163/9789004435537_009. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- Robertson, David G. (2022). "Conspiracy Theories about Secret Religions: Imagining the Other". The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Secrecy (1 ed.). Routledge. pp. 380–390. doi:10.4324/9781003014751-33. ISBN 9781003014751. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
