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3-year AHRC-funded project ‘(Mis)Translating Deceit: Disinformation as a Translingual, Discursive Dynamic’. PI: Stephen Hutchings / Lead Co-I: Vera Tolz
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(Mis)Translating Deceit - A 3-year AHRC-funded interdisciplinary research project aiming to develop a new, holistic approach to a key global challenge (runs from October 2023 to October 2026; total v...
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8)Article has significant implications for how we understand disinformation, and how it is best combatted
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
8)Article has significant implications for how we understand disinformation, and how it is best combatted
7)Disinformation lifecycle can be viewed both as a sequence of developments from birth to death and rebirth, and as an atemporal system of interactions between factors endogenous within, and exogenous to, disinformation
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
7)Disinformation lifecycle can be viewed both as a sequence of developments from birth to death and rebirth, and as an atemporal system of interactions between factors endogenous within, and exogenous to, disinformation
6)Model allows us to show how disinformation claims do not travel as fixed objects but are discursively renegotiated as they journey, acquiring new, layered meanings at every point in the cycle
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
6)Model allows us to show how disinformation claims do not travel as fixed objects but are discursively renegotiated as they journey, acquiring new, layered meanings at every point in the cycle
5) The lifecycle process follows a logic that is both simultaneous (the dialogue with counter-disinformation applies at all points) and linear (from allegation, to rebuttal, to counter-allegation)
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
5) The lifecycle process follows a logic that is both simultaneous (the dialogue with counter-disinformation applies at all points) and linear (from allegation, to rebuttal, to counter-allegation)
4)Analysis of how COVID claims are authenticated across media genres; how they modulate to reflect shifting scientific consensus; how they are adapted for different linguistic audiences; hyperlink analysis detailing Russian/non-Russian collusion; their de-authentication by CDUs
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
4)Analysis of how COVID claims are authenticated across media genres; how they modulate to reflect shifting scientific consensus; how they are adapted for different linguistic audiences; hyperlink analysis detailing Russian/non-Russian collusion; their de-authentication by CDUs
3)We applied to this material a combination of qualitative close-reading methods and computer-driven network analysis tools in five replicable analytical steps visualised in diagrammatic form. Steps include …
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
3)We applied to this material a combination of qualitative close-reading methods and computer-driven network analysis tools in five replicable analytical steps visualised in diagrammatic form. Steps include …
2)Developed from multilingual Russian state COVID material identified by the EU’s CDU, this holistic model represents disinformation as a lifecycle wherein truth claims cross borders, moving in and out of counter-disinformation’s discursive sphere, gaining or losing credibility
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
2)Developed from multilingual Russian state COVID material identified by the EU’s CDU, this holistic model represents disinformation as a lifecycle wherein truth claims cross borders, moving in and out of counter-disinformation’s discursive sphere, gaining or losing credibility
1)Offers a new theorisation of disinformation accounting for how it is adapted across historical, linguistic and cultural contexts in line with its changing status as accusatory practice, and its dialogic interaction with counter-disinformation unit (CDU) practices
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
1)Offers a new theorisation of disinformation accounting for how it is adapted across historical, linguistic and cultural contexts in line with its changing status as accusatory practice, and its dialogic interaction with counter-disinformation unit (CDU) practices
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Disinformation as process: modeling the lifecycle of deceit
Abstract. This article offers a new conceptual model of disinformation which accounts for the performative status of disinformation accusations, and the di
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June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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8) Article has significant implications for how we understand disinformation, and how it is best combatted
June 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
8) Article has significant implications for how we understand disinformation, and how it is best combatted
7) Disinformation lifecycle can be viewed both as a sequence of developments from birth to death and rebirth, and as an atemporal system of interactions between factors endogenous within, and exogenous to, disinformation
June 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
7) Disinformation lifecycle can be viewed both as a sequence of developments from birth to death and rebirth, and as an atemporal system of interactions between factors endogenous within, and exogenous to, disinformation