1st Edition
Weaponized Communication Digital Advertising and the Undermining of Liberal News Media
By Ahmed Al-Rawi
Copyright 2027
100 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
Weaponized Communication provides the first systematic empirical study of how liberal mainstream news media are targeted through coordinated social media advertising campaigns. Drawing on original materials, Ahmed Al-Rawi examines the weaponization of misinformation discourses, such as “fake news,” disinformation, and fact checking, across Facebook and Google ads. The analysis demonstrates how... Read more
Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework: Metajournalistic discourse & the weaponization of misinformation 3. Polarized political advertising on Facebook 4. Conclusion
Biography
Ahmed Al-Rawi is Associate Professor of News, Social Media, and Public Communication at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. He is also the founder of the Disinformation Project, and his research interests are related to news, global communication, misinformation, and social media with emphasis on Canada and the Middle East. Al-Rawi is also a founding member of the Media & Digital Literacy Academy in Beirut.
