Disinformation and fake news / Shashi Jayakumar, Benjamin Ang, Nur Diyanah Anwar, editors.
Jayakumar, Shashi, editor.; Ang, Benjamin, editor.; Anwar, Nur Diyanah, editor.
2021
PN4784.F27 D57 2021
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Title Disinformation and fake news / Shashi Jayakumar, Benjamin Ang, Nur Diyanah Anwar, editors.
ISBN 9789811558764 (electronic bk.)
9811558760 (electronic bk.)
9811558752
9789811558757
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5876-4
Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 158 pages) : illustrations, map
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-15-5876-4 doi
Call Number PN4784.F27 D57 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 070.4/3
Summary Disinformation and Fake News is a book full of insights from top-notch specialists on information operations. Over last several years, various regions of the world have seen a spike in the use of information operations for geopolitical or commercial reasons. It is critical to gather and compare existing knowledge across regions and sectors in one place. Everybody interested in this fast-developing field should read this volume. - Jakub Janda, Executive Director, European Values Center for Security Policy, Czech Republic This book brings together fresh and important perspectives on fake news and the threat of disinformation campaigns. Penned by leading experts and practitioners from around the world, it offers a panoramic view of the impact fake news has had in the online and social spheres, as well as how disinformation campaigns are conducted (and counteracted). The contributions are written in an accessible manner, with the volume aimed equally at the general interested reader, practitioners and policymakers. Shashi Jayakumar is Head, Centre of Excellence of National Security (CENS) and Executive Coordinator, Future Issues and Technology, at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Benjamin Ang is a Senior Fellow with CENS. He leads the Cyber and Homeland Defence Programme, which explores policy issues around the cyber domain, international cyber norms, cyber threats and conflict, strategic communications and disinformation, law enforcement technology and cybercrime, smart city cyber issues, and national security issues in disruptive technology. Nur Diyanah Anwar is pursuing her PhD at the National Institute of Education (NIE), NTU. Previously, she was a Senior Analyst with CENS. Her research interests revolve around identity issues, multiculturalism, education, social policies, inequality, and the relations between state and society.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I: Overview of Disinformation
Chapter 2. How news audiences think about misinformation across the world
Chapter 3. Tools of Disinformation: How fake news gets to deceive
Chapter 4. Disinformation as a threat to national security
Part II. Disinformation in Context
Chapter 5. Building digital resilience ahead of elections and beyond
Chapter 6. Hate speech in Myanmar: The perfect storm
Chapter 7. Fighting information manipulation: The French experience
Chapter 8. Disinformation and cultural practice in Southeast Asia
Part III. Countering Disinformation
Chapter 9. NATO amidst hybrid warfare threats- effective strategic communications as a tool against disinformation and propaganda
Chapter 10. Lithuanian Elves and countermeasures
Chapter 11. Fake News and Disinformation: Singapore perspectives.

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