(Ebook) Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy by Georgios Terzis (Ed.), Dariusz Kloza (Ed.), Elzbieta Kuzelewska (Ed.), Daniel Trottier (Ed.) ISBN 9781839700422, 9781780689753, 1839700424, 1780689756

(Ebook) Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy by Georgios Terzis (Ed.), Dariusz Kloza (Ed.), Elzbieta Kuzelewska (Ed.), Daniel Trottier (Ed.) ISBN 9781839700422, 9781780689753, 1839700424, 1780689756

Through a collection of expert analyses, this book aims to deepen our understanding of the dangers of fake news and disinformation, while also charting well-informed and realistic ways ahead.This book is motivated, to a large extent, by some recent troubling developments in public discourse, namely the developments in information, misinformation and disinformation practices. From the beginning of history, various and diverse means or channels of communication have been used to inform, misinform (unintentionally) and disinform (deliberately). However, in recent decades, the emergence and development of new information and communications technologies (ICT), combined with the ever-increasing digitalisation and globalisation of almost every aspect of modern life, among others, have opened up new and uncharted avenues to that end. This book therefore focuses on disinformation practices occurring with the help of digital media as these practices bring to the fore profound negative ramifications for the functioning of a democratic polity. - Eds./-