Digital Falsehoods and their Analog Consequences: The “Fake News” Strategy and its Mitigation.

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dc.contributor.authorDe Gara, Lisa Jane
dc.contributor.editorGrizzle, Alton
dc.contributor.editorJaakkola, Maarit
dc.contributor.editorDurán-Becerra, Tomás
dc.coverage.spatialBogotá D.C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-27T14:11:29Z
dc.date.available2022-05-27T14:11:29Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionCapítulo 7 - MIL Cities and MIL Citizens: Informed, Engaged, Empowered by Media and Information Literacy (MIL).
dc.description.abstractGovernments worldwide struggle with “fake news” and disinformation. While “fake news” is not an accurate term, it is critical in describing the intentionally disruptive propaganda or disinformation using a news media format. “Fake news” may be executed by malevolent state-level or grassroots actors to disrupt elections and civic life. Current discourses often misidentify “fake news” as simply wrong information, rather than evaluate political motivations for its spread and identify the groups vulnerable to its influence. As more cities strive to adopt an “MIL cities” mandate, the means to tackle misinformation must be included to ensure efficacy. This paper evaluates the dangers of neutral conceptions of “fake news” to MIL, and why addressing discontent rather than disinformation is a better approach for reducing the harms of “fake news.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationDe Gara, L. (2021). Digital Falsehoods and their Analog Consequences: The “Fake News” Strategy and its Mitigation. In Grizzle, A., Jaakkola, M., & Durán, T (Eds.). MIL Cities and MIL Citizens: Informed, Engaged, Empowered by Media and Information Literacy (MIL).. (pp. 125- 140). Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios – UNIMINUTO.
dc.identifier.instnameinstname:Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios
dc.identifier.isbn9789587635027
dc.identifier.reponamereponame:Colecciones Digitales Uniminuto
dc.identifier.repourlrepourl:https://repository.uniminuto.edu
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10656/14317
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCorporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO
dc.relation.ispartofMIL Cities and MIL Citizens: Informed, Engaged, Empowered by Media and Information Literacy (MIL).
dc.relation.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10656/14242
dc.rights.accessrightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.localOpen Access
dc.rights.localhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDisinformation
dc.subjectMisinformation
dc.subjectPropaganda
dc.titleDigital Falsehoods and their Analog Consequences: The “Fake News” Strategy and its Mitigation.
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248
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