SYSTEMATIC DISINFORMATION: THE SPREAD OF MISLEADING INFORMATION AS A COLLECTIVE DYNAMIC ON TWITTER
Disinformation is a worldwide problem and has been a key scholarship in the last few years. This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on how disinformation spread on social media. This study uses a mixed-methods approach (Social Network Analysis, Connected Concept Analysis and Content Analysi...
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| author | Felipe Bonow Soares |
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| description | Disinformation is a worldwide problem and has been a key scholarship in the last few years. This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on how disinformation spread on social media. This study uses a mixed-methods approach (Social Network Analysis, Connected Concept Analysis and Content Analysis) to analyze four political discussions on Twitter. The results show a structure of asymmetric polarization, in which one group (that supported Bolsonaro in the 2018 Brazilian elections) is strongly associated with disinformation spread. In addition, this study identifies a collective dynamic in disinformation spread as the volume of disinformation floats similarly for different levels of users depending on the context of the discussion analyzed. Based on these results, the idea of “systematic disinformation” is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6fa2c5c73e2a4fb1abef8ada13c573ba2022-12-22T04:03:14ZengUniversidade FeevaleBrazilian Creative Industries Journal2763-86772022-02-012152610.25112/bcij.v2i1.28842581SYSTEMATIC DISINFORMATION: THE SPREAD OF MISLEADING INFORMATION AS A COLLECTIVE DYNAMIC ON TWITTERFelipe Bonow Soares0Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulDisinformation is a worldwide problem and has been a key scholarship in the last few years. This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on how disinformation spread on social media. This study uses a mixed-methods approach (Social Network Analysis, Connected Concept Analysis and Content Analysis) to analyze four political discussions on Twitter. The results show a structure of asymmetric polarization, in which one group (that supported Bolsonaro in the 2018 Brazilian elections) is strongly associated with disinformation spread. In addition, this study identifies a collective dynamic in disinformation spread as the volume of disinformation floats similarly for different levels of users depending on the context of the discussion analyzed. Based on these results, the idea of “systematic disinformation” is discussed.https://periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.php/braziliancreativeindustries/article/view/2884disinformationpolitical discussiontwitter |
| spellingShingle | Felipe Bonow Soares SYSTEMATIC DISINFORMATION: THE SPREAD OF MISLEADING INFORMATION AS A COLLECTIVE DYNAMIC ON TWITTER Brazilian Creative Industries Journal disinformation political discussion |
| title | SYSTEMATIC DISINFORMATION: THE SPREAD OF MISLEADING INFORMATION AS A COLLECTIVE DYNAMIC ON TWITTER |
| title_full | SYSTEMATIC DISINFORMATION: THE SPREAD OF MISLEADING INFORMATION AS A COLLECTIVE DYNAMIC ON TWITTER |
| title_fullStr | SYSTEMATIC DISINFORMATION: THE SPREAD OF MISLEADING INFORMATION AS A COLLECTIVE DYNAMIC ON TWITTER |
| title_full_unstemmed | SYSTEMATIC DISINFORMATION: THE SPREAD OF MISLEADING INFORMATION AS A COLLECTIVE DYNAMIC ON TWITTER |
| title_short | SYSTEMATIC DISINFORMATION: THE SPREAD OF MISLEADING INFORMATION AS A COLLECTIVE DYNAMIC ON TWITTER |
| title_sort | systematic disinformation the spread of misleading information as a collective dynamic on twitter |
| topic | disinformation political discussion |
| url | https://periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.php/braziliancreativeindustries/article/view/2884 |
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