Creating chaos online: disinformation and subverted post-publics

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Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Creating chaos online: disinformation and subverted post-publics
Authors:
Zelenkauskaitė, Asta
Publication Data:
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Pages:
viii, 310 p
Notes:
Bibliografija ir rodyklės.
Contents:
Introduction. A Déjà Vu from the Silenced Generation: Disinformation; Soviet Propaganda in the Eyes of a Child; Vulnerabilities of Social Media; Trolling and Russian Trolling; Russian Trolling Circulation — 1. Propagandistic Masquerade: Text as a Mask; Paradoxes of a Mask; Subversiveness of a Mask; Performativity and Modus Operandi of a Propagandist Mask: self-sabotage; Multiple Faces for the Masks: Commenting User Typology; Discussion; Summary — 2. Divide and Conquer: Exploiting Political Polarization: Frameworks of Information Persuasion; Communication Persuasion Models; Mechanics of Propaganda; Communicative Tactics: Attack, Defense, and Whataboutism; Tactics Used in Online News Comments; Discussion; Summary — 3. Instilling Mistrust in Institutions: Living in Media; Comments as Forms of News Deliberations; News Portals Comments as Information Warfare Zones; Contexts That Situate Online Public Deliberation; Discrediting Media as an Institution; Attack on Government Institutions; Discussion; Summary — 4. Roots of Russia’s Victim’s Playing: New Media and Information Warfare in Authoritarian Regimes; Roots of Russia’s (Information) Warfare; Information Warfare in Action by Russia; Victim-Playing Russian Trolls in the News Comments; Delegitimization Rhetoric; Summary — 5. Deny and Conquer: Fears of Looking Like a “Pussy State”: Implications of the Denialism Discourse regarding Russian Trolling; Psychology of Denialism; Denial and Conspiracy Theories; Denial Normalization Traps to Avoid; Discussion; Summary — Epilogue: Now What?: Imperviousness to Chaos; What Solutions Are There for Russian Trolling?; Web as a Zero Institution — Appendix — Bibliography — Index.
Keywords:
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Internetas / Internet; Komunikacija / Communication; Politika / Politics; Rusija (Россия; Russia; Russia; Rossija; Rusijos Federacija; Rossijskaja Federacija); Lietuva (Lithuania).
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Recenzija leidinyje Journal of Baltic studies. 2023, vol. 54, no. 4, p. 865-867
Summary / Abstract:

ENDenial describes information operations that allow for the achieving of strategic goals. This book is set to expose efforts to justify Russian trolling. Specifically, this book documents patterns and frames of systematic denialism used to justify Russian trolling that circulated in two unrelated contexts and periods of time. This book not only uncovers justification arguments and the way they are constructed but also provides explanations of their origins and what led them to become so pervasive online. Furthermore, through the concept of post-publics, this book exemplifies how the public spheres are disrupted by employing discursive means of denialism, despite rational evidence grounded in facts. I am compelled to examine the characteristics of Russian trolling across online platforms for a range of reasons. Russian trolling has been exposed as an ideological weapon employed to manipulate public opinion aided by disinformation. Manipulation was found to be adopting tactics typical for astroturfing trolling such as disruption and distrust, and deflection of attention to irrelevant issues, thus creating chaos online. [Extract, p. 1]

DOI:
10.3998/mpub.12237294
ISBN:
9780472902903; 9780472075522; 9780472055524
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