Мотиви за разпространение на невярна или подвеждаща информация. Взаимозависимост между вида дезинформация и степента на вреда на обществения интерес
Reasons for Spreading False or Misleading Information. Correlation between the Motives, the Type of Disinformation and the Level of Public Harm

Author(s): Ivana Hitkova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Fake News - Disinformation
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: disinformation; public harm; propaganda; democracy in crises; political communication
Summary/Abstract: The report classifies different types of disinformation according to thereasons for its dissemination. The paper separates the financial from the political motivesin the intentional production and distribution of false or misleading information. The study also adds two types of spreading false information that do not have the specific intention to misinform or to damage the public sphere. Even without the intent to mislead, they often cause harm. The objective of this article is to trace the correlations between the motive, the type of disinformation, and the possible level of public harm. The research method includes a literature review of some relevant new publications in English, German, and Bulgarian, and connects the research from the last decade with the classic propaganda theories.

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