Search for dissertations about: "Disinformation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word Disinformation.

2. 1. Securing Judgement : Rethinking Security and Online Information Threats

   Author : Hedvig Ördén; Hans Agné; Sharon Rider; Stefan Borg; Magnus Ekengren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; security studies; critical security studies; cyber security; disinformation; Arendt; post-foundationalism; political theory; EU security policy; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The contemporary debate in democracies routinely describes online information threats such as misinformation, disinformation and deception as security-issues in need of urgent attention. Despite this pervasive discourse, policymakers often appear incapable of articulating what security means in this context. READ MORE

4. 2. This Is Not Real News : Discursive Struggles over Fake News, Journalism, and Democracy

   Author : Johan Farkas; Tina Askanius; Bo Reimer; Christina Neumayer; Natalie Fenton; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fake news; disinformation; misinformation; journalism; democracy; digital media; discourse theory; metajournalistic discourse;

   Abstract : Fake news has attracted significant global attention and contestation in recent years. This PhD thesis explores the explosive and oftentimes contradictory rise of fake news and dives into the discursive struggles around journalism, politics, digital media, and liberal democracy that have emerged in its wake. READ MORE

5. 3. Freedom of expression in armed conflict : The silence between spaces

   Author : Sally Alexandra Longworth; Ola Engdahl; Inger Österdahl; Pål Wrange; Marko Milanovic; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international humanitarian law; international human rights law; armed conflict; occupation; freedom of expression; freedom of opinion; access to information; journalists; internet; social media; coercion; no quarter; threats; terrorism; censorship; hate speech; incitement to violence; propaganda; disinformation; misinformation; rättsvetenskap med inriktning mot folkrätt; Legal Science; specialisation Public International Law;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between international human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL) in regards to the right to freedom of expression in armed conflict. Freedom of expression is a touchstone of other human rights and a cornerstone of democracy. READ MORE

6. 4. Blending Politics and New Media : Mediatized Practices of EU Digital Diplomacy

   Author : Elsa Hedling; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mediatization; public diplomacy; digital diplomacy; EU; EEAS;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the relationship between politics and new media in the context of digital diplomacy at the European External Action Service (EEAS) 2011-2017. In contrast to dominant approaches to the mediatization of politics that consider political logic to be dominated or even replaced by media logic, it gives greater emphasis to the role of the political context, its actors and their practices. READ MORE

7. 5. Trust, risk and vulnerability : towards a philosophy of risk communication

   Author : Madeleine Hayenhjelm; Sven Ove Hansson; Ingar Brinck; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Risk communication; two-way communication; democratic approach; equality; asymmetry; vulnerability; trust; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : This thesis is a philosophical contribution to the theories on risk communication. The topic of risk communication is approached from several different angles, but with a normative focus on equality and vulnerability. Essay I is a comment on risk perception theory and the psychometric model in particular. READ MORE