Integrity-breached Information: Theoretical Definition and Threat to National Security Cover Image

Informacije narušenog integriteta: teorijsko određenje i ugroza nacionalne sigurnosti
Integrity-breached Information: Theoretical Definition and Threat to National Security

Author(s): Ante Josip Milas, Ivan Dunđer
Subject(s): Security and defense, Politics and communication, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: LIBERTAS MEĐUNARODNO SVEUČILIŠTE
Keywords: integrity-breached information; disinformation; misinformation; malinformation; national security; information and communication science;

Summary/Abstract: We consume much information in the current information realm, including integrity-breached information. Although information manipulation in the public sphere is not new, the volume and speed at which it spreads through online social networks and communication platforms pose a fresh challenge and threat to the security of democratic countries. To communicate that the integrity of published information is severely compromised, various terms are employed in the public, leading to terminological and cognitive misunderstanding. The integrity-breached information types, such as misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation, are examined and theoretically determined in this paper. The paper then provides examples of institutional challenges to tackling the dissemination of integrity-breached information on the internet and illustrates the threat they represent to the national security of democratic societies.

  • Issue Year: 23/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-83
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Croatian