The effect of disinformation on democracy: the impact of Hungary’s democratic decline
Hungary’s democratic backsliding demonstrates that the Cold War era notion that more access to information will accelerate the spread of democracy is dying. For authoritarians, social media enabled disinformation is the weapon of choice because it challenges democratic institutional legitimacy. T...
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
2022-05-01
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| Series: | CES Working Papers |
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| Online Access: | https://ceswp.uaic.ro/articles/CESWP2022_XIV1_REI.pdf |