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Deception as a bridging concept in the study of disinformation, misinformation, and misperceptions: Toward a holistic framework
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posted on 2021-12-21, 10:51 authored by Andrew ChadwickAndrew Chadwick, James StanyerJames StanyerWe propose deception as a bridging concept that will enhance the study of misinformation, disinformation, and misperceptions. As we set it out here, the concept integrates insights from multiple social science disciplines and uniquely connects actors’ intentions, information, and attitudinal or behavioral outcomes. A focus on deception will enrich research that describes the existence of false and misleading information but stops short of identifying their influence. Equally, through its focus on how actors’ deceptive strategies are important in attempts to exercise power, it can augment the study of the cognitive and attitudinal biases that render people susceptible to misperceptions. We identify the main themes in the study of deception: media-systemic distortions in information supply; the relational interactions that both produce and activate cognitive biases; and the attributes, strategies, and techniques of deceptive entities. We conclude with a summary typology of ten principal variables and their 57 focal indicators.
Keywords: deception, misperceptions, misinformation, disinformation, media, power
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- Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Communication and Media
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Communication TheoryVolume
32Issue
1Pages
1-24Publisher
Oxford University Press on behalf of International Communication AssociationVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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© The Author(s) 2021Publisher statement
This is an Open Access Article. It is published by OUP under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Acceptance date
2021-09-17Publication date
2021-10-20Copyright date
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1050-3293eISSN
1468-2885Publisher version
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Prof Andrew Chadwick. Deposit date: 20 September 2021Usage metrics
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