Disinformation and Fake News (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Jayakumar, Shashi; Anwar, Nur Diyanah; Ang, Benjamin

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811558764
• Artikelnr.: 60481544

Autorenporträt

Dr. Shashi Jayakumar is Head, the 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 in the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at RSIS. He leads the Cyber and Homeland Defence Programme of CENS, 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), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Previously, she was a Senior Analyst with the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at the S. RajaratnamSchool of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore. Her research interests revolve around identity issues, multiculturalism, education, social policies, inequality, and the relations between state and society.

Inhaltsangabe

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.