1st Edition
Mapping Lies in the Global Media Sphere
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
Stuart Allan
Introduction: “Mapping Lies in the Global Media Sphere”
Tirşe Erbaysal Filibeli & Melis Öneren Özbek
Part I: Inevitable Spread of Nocent Lies: Who are the victims?
Chapter 1: Populism, Disinformation & Surveillance: Causes and Consequences
Tirşe Erbaysal Filibeli & Melis Öneren Özbek
Chapter 2: Presidential Propaganda and the (Mis)Information Sphere: Fake News, Democratic (Dis)Trust and the Unintended Consequences of Lying Platforms in Nigeria
Paul Obi
Chapter 3: Mapping Mobs - Technological Affordances, Metrics, and Digital Violence Against Journalists
Marloes Geboers and Tomás Dodds
Chapter 4: Mediatization and Abuse of History in the Age of Convergence: Lessons from Turkey
Burak Özçetin
Part II: Manufacturing “Content”
Chapter 5: “TikTokization” of the War: How the War in Ukraine Was Covered on the Social Media Entertainment Platform
Can Ertuna
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
Rajeesh Kumar T V, Thejaswini J C and Faheem Muhammed M P
Chapter 7: Trends and Differences of News Falsification during Different but Consecutive Pre-election Periods: A Content Analysis of News in Television and Websites
Michalis Tastsoglou and Giannis Pleios
Part III: Common Problems and Further Solutions
Chapter 8: Digital Inequalities among the National Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe
Aneta Bąk-Pitucha and Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik
Chapter 9: Return to Censorship: Portuguese Perceptions of Digital Disinformation Regulation
Bruno Frutuoso Costa
Chapter 10: Coordinated Amplification, Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior, Orchestrated Campaigns: A Systematic Literature Review of Coordinated Inauthentic Content on Online Social Networks
Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos and Wilson Ceron
Chapter 11: Fake News in the Tension Arc of Artificial Intelligence
Walter Seböck, et al.
Afterword
Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu
Biography
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.
