Wartime And Social Media Ecosystem. Disinformation Strategies And Bridges for Under-The-Radar Platforms.
Wartime And Social Media Ecosystem. Disinformation Strategies And Bridges for Under-The-Radar Platforms.
Blog Article
Although the subject of disinformation has been studied in the pre-digital era and in recent years in relation to changes in global geopolitics, the war in Ukraine opens up a new phase in which it is possible to identify the persistence of processes that were already in place, and at the same time to trace a new order of information disorder.The new element is the emergence of a media ecosystem in which, alongside mainstream social networks such TOOTHPASTE CITRUS SPICE BLEND as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, the role of under-the-radar platforms such as Telegram, Gab, and 4Chan Rumble emerges.Using a computational approach based on digital methods, the research identified, ALOE SHAVE CREAM DUSK from a collection of data from Facebook and Twitter, recurring bridges to environments such as Telegram and Rumble.
However, the content analysis revealed the prevalence of hyper-partisan content over disinformation content, with a significant presence of videos and news channels featuring Russian sources, video interviews with relevant figures in Ukrainian politics, and a marginal volume of conspiracy or disinformation content.In the latter case, the role of political influencers who divert connected audiences to marginal platforms and more problematic sources proves to be strategic.