Stephanie LamyNov 9, 2022

Quite a few #disinformation researchers on #Mastodon now, from all different fields & instances.

Why not connect & share content!
Let's try this group thingy for #infoops #InformationOperations #HybridWarfare #InformationWarfare #infowar #SemanticOperations #misinformation #conspiracy #InformationManipulation etc, etc, etc.. (wow so many different #!)

You can follow &
Tag @disinformation to boost your toots.

Show threadStephanie LamyNov 9, 2022

And yes, I know, we as "#disinformation" researchers are a pedantic lot in terms of, well, "terms".

That could be the point of the group @disinformation, to share and compare approaches, taxonomy, methodology and ethics.

Could this be of interest to you? @marie_peltier @denkolesnyk @emmalbriant @TheoLenoir @Sina @claesdevreese @jfarkas et Al ...

Show threadDr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺Nov 9, 2022
@stephlamy @disinformation @marie_peltier @denkolesnyk @TheoLenoir @Sina @jfarkas @claesdevreese I appreciate you doing this, but I reject forcing us into a disinformation discipline because it ignores the rest of propaganda of which it is one part, a part that cannot be understood without conceiving and researching propaganda more broadly. This is shaping the field around a misunderstanding that’s conceptually misleading
Show threadDr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺Nov 9, 2022
@stephlamy @disinformation @marie_peltier @denkolesnyk @TheoLenoir @Sina @jfarkas @claesdevreese If there were to be a group, it would need to be a propaganda group, which could embrace propaganda scholars like me as well as disinfo scholars. A disinfo group cannot embrace what I study or even understand disinformation, as disinformation is a sub-type that excludes focus on the rest of propaganda.
Show threadStephanie LamyNov 9, 2022

@emmalbriant @emmalbriant
Thank you for your input, Emma, and that kind of critique about "scope" is exactly what the group @disinformation should be about.

It's not about forcing anyone into a specific discipline, but comparing various approaches, subjects, methods, etc from as many different disciplines as possible.

Show threadDr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺Nov 9, 2022
@stephlamy @disinformation This does not do that though. It is saying this is a group about disinformation. ie deliberate falsehood
Show threadStephanie LamyNov 9, 2022

@emmalbriant I understand what you are saying, and proves my point about pedantics.

In the spirit of collaboration, what would you suggest as a term? I myself use #sematicoperations. But that's too niche to attract the wider scholarly community. @disinformation

Show threadDr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺Nov 9, 2022
@stephlamy @disinformation Thank you for listening and understanding. I would suggest propaganda or influence operations (which embraces propaganda with data use too and makes it broader still). Disinformation is just one type of propaganda, so the latter mostly embraces everyone studying the deliberate activities.
Show threadJM Grygiel 🐀Nov 9, 2022
@emmalbriant @stephlamy @disinformation also endorse the use of "propaganda"..."disinformation" is being co-opted.
Show threadMichael Colaresi
@jmgrygiel @emmalbriant @stephlamy @disinformation I would vote for “InfluenceOperations” or “InformationOperations” since either focuses on the goals of propaganda/influence and coordination without getting lost in the dis/mis/mal-information divides but potentially includes intentional, un-intentional, and misleading composition and propagation of sets of messages that is loosely or tightly coordinated by state, non-state or hybrid group(s)
Nov 9, 2022 at 3:14pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadStephanie LamyNov 9, 2022

@colaresi

Thx Michael!
We've gone with the more neutral yet evocative @potemkinvillage

Feel free to follow and tag :)

@jmgrygiel @emmalbriant @disinformation