Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: Lessons learned and next steps
We conducted a mixed-method, interpretative analysis of an online, cross-platform disinformation campaign targeting the White Helmets, a rescue group operating in rebel-held areas of Syria that have become the subject of a persistent effort of delegitimization. This research helps to conceptualize w...
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| description | We conducted a mixed-method, interpretative analysis of an online, cross-platform disinformation campaign targeting the White Helmets, a rescue group operating in rebel-held areas of Syria that have become the subject of a persistent effort of delegitimization. This research helps to conceptualize what a disinformation campaign is and how it works. Based on what we learned from this case study, we conclude that a comprehensive understanding of disinformation requires accounting for the spread of content across platforms and that social media platforms should increase collaboration to detect and characterize disinformation campaigns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b0beba2559a4c55b88a3e6397a16fbf2022-12-21T18:27:18ZengHarvard Kennedy SchoolHarvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review2766-16522020-01-011110.37016/mr-2020-002Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: Lessons learned and next stepsTom Wilson0Kate Starbird1Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington, USADepartment of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington, USAWe conducted a mixed-method, interpretative analysis of an online, cross-platform disinformation campaign targeting the White Helmets, a rescue group operating in rebel-held areas of Syria that have become the subject of a persistent effort of delegitimization. This research helps to conceptualize what a disinformation campaign is and how it works. Based on what we learned from this case study, we conclude that a comprehensive understanding of disinformation requires accounting for the spread of content across platforms and that social media platforms should increase collaboration to detect and characterize disinformation campaigns.https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/cross-platform-disinformation-campaigns/disinformationmainstream mediapoliticssocial mediatwitteryoutube |
| spellingShingle | Tom Wilson Kate Starbird Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: Lessons learned and next steps Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review disinformation mainstream media politics social media youtube |
| title | Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: Lessons learned and next steps |
| title_full | Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: Lessons learned and next steps |
| title_fullStr | Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: Lessons learned and next steps |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: Lessons learned and next steps |
| title_short | Cross-platform disinformation campaigns: Lessons learned and next steps |
| title_sort | cross platform disinformation campaigns lessons learned and next steps |
| topic | disinformation mainstream media politics social media youtube |
| url | https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/cross-platform-disinformation-campaigns/ |
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