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Wednesday 15:00 - 16:40 CEST (04/09/2019)
This panel examines the democratic implications of digital disinformation and fake news. The papers present theoretical, experimental, and case study insights into two crucial questions: how to conceptualise the nature of the problem and how to develop effective countermeasures. At the conceptual level, papers examine how to assess the relationship between democracy, disinformation, and media freedom and, more broadly, how to reconfigure normative theories of the democratic political subject. In terms of countermeasures, papers investigate the utility of fact-checking initiatives as a resource for media literacy education; the influence of manipulative techniques on people’s willingness to read news articles; and the need to develop a multilateral and multi-stakeholder approach to democratic resilience. Overall, the panel provides important theoretical and empirical contributions to this emerging research area.
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Power of Disinformation: Experimental Testing of Manipulative Techniques' Strength | View Paper Details |
| Fact-Checking Initiatives and their Educational Dimension: The Case of Poland | View Paper Details |
| Fake News in Democracy: Or, Giving a Helping Hand to Political Science | View Paper Details |