Critical disinformation studies: History, power, and politics

This essay advocates a critical approach to disinformation research that is grounded in history, culture, and politics, and centers questions of power and inequality. In the United States, identity, particularly race, plays a key role in the messages and strategies of disinformation producers and wh...

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Auteurs principaux:	Rachel Kuo, Alice Marwick
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Langue:	EN
Publié:	Harvard Kennedy School 2021
Sujets:	disinformation education Information technology T58.5-58.64 Communication. Mass media P87-96
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:06a3fa72b2e04c169b6575f6c0e012952021-11-20T05:32:11ZCritical disinformation studies: History, power, and politics10.37016/mr-2020-762766-1652https://doaj.org/article/06a3fa72b2e04c169b6575f6c0e012952021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/critical-disinformation-studies-history-power-and-politics/https://doaj.org/toc/2766-1652This essay advocates a critical approach to disinformation research that is grounded in history, culture, and politics, and centers questions of power and inequality. In the United States, identity, particularly race, plays a key role in the messages and strategies of disinformation producers and who disinformation and misinformation resonates with. Expanding what “counts” as disinformation demonstrates that disinformation is a primary media strategy that has been used in the U.S. to reproduce and reinforce white supremacy and hierarchies of power at the expense of populations that lack social, cultural, political, or economic power. Rachel KuoAlice MarwickHarvard Kennedy SchoolarticledisinformationeducationInformation technologyT58.5-58.64Communication. Mass mediaP87-96ENHarvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, Vol 2, Iss 4 (2021)
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description	This essay advocates a critical approach to disinformation research that is grounded in history, culture, and politics, and centers questions of power and inequality. In the United States, identity, particularly race, plays a key role in the messages and strategies of disinformation producers and who disinformation and misinformation resonates with. Expanding what “counts” as disinformation demonstrates that disinformation is a primary media strategy that has been used in the U.S. to reproduce and reinforce white supremacy and hierarchies of power at the expense of populations that lack social, cultural, political, or economic power.
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Critical disinformation studies: History, power, and politics

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