Dave Troy Nov 10, 2022

This is a draft of a work-in-progress paper that I pulled together last year. It incorporates what I've learned so far about the social dimension of disinformation, and the relationship between propaganda and cult formation.

I've got more to add, and I want to backfill with more appropriate references. In the meantime I've been sharing it and many are finding it useful. Input welcome, though it may take me a bit to respond.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R_aVUrbAmkVXFF1vJWxnXE03FBtpxE8jkHF9P53n4Qk/edit

Disinformation and its effects on social capital networks

Disinformation and its effects on social capital networks © 2021-2023 David Troy ABSTRACT: The related problems of disinformation, misinformation, and radicalization have been popularly misunderstood as technology or fact-checking problems, but this ignores the mechanism of action, which is the ...

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Show threadRoland Gerritsen van der Hoop
@davetroy An interesting article. One problem the new media have facilitated is the very human tendency for confirmation bias and the aversion of admitting a mistake. It has become even easier to avoid unwanted truths, something that has contributed (imho) quite a lot to polarization and popularity of conspiracy theories or just outright falsehoods.
Nov 10, 2022 at 5:44pmWeb