1st Edition

Mapping Lies in the Global Media Sphere

224 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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.