The Construction of Fake War News. Specificities of Disinformation in Social Media During the First Six Months of the Ukraine-Russia War (March-September 2022)

• Autorzy: Katarzyna Kopecka-Piech , Dorota Dyksik , Mateusz Sobiech

Warianty tytułu

Konstrukcja fałszywych wiadomości wojennych. Specyfika dezinformacji w mediach społecznościowych w pierwszym półroczu wojny ukraińsko-rosyjskiej (III-IX 2022)

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Modern warfare, including the Russia-Ukraine war, relies heavily on disinformation. Fake news on social media is an integral part of this. At the same time, each conflict is characterised by distinct communication specifici- ties and in the context of the complex effects of fake news, questions arise about their specificity for a given conflict. The aim of the presented research was to answer the question of what the various fake news about the RussianUkrainian war disseminated in Polish-language social media have in common and what narrative they generate. The analysis covered the construction of the messages as well as their contexts: social, cultural, historical, and political. For this purpose, a three-stage analysis of ten fake news cases disseminated between March and September 2022 was conducted, applying a three-element analytical matrix. The research made it possible to identify the properties of fake news, generated narratives, and their possible effects.(original abstract)

Współczesne działania wojenne, w tym wojna ukraińsko-rosyjska, w znacznej mierze opierają się na dezinformacji. Fake newsy w mediach społecznościowych stanowią jej integralną część. Jednocześnie każdy konflikt charakteryzuje się odrębną specyfiką komunikacyjną. W kontekście złożonych skutków fake newsów pojawiają się pytania o ich osobliwość dla danego konfliktu. Celem prezentowanych badań była odpowiedź na pytanie, co łączy różne fake newsy dotyczące wojny rosyjsko-ukraińskiej rozpowszechniane w polskojęzycznych mediach społecznościowych i jaką narrację generują. Analizie poddano konstrukcję przekazów, jak również ich konteksty: społeczny, kulturowy, historyczny i polityczny. W tym celu przeprowadzono trzyetapową analizę dziesięciu fake newsów rozpowszechnianych w okresie III-IX 2022 r., stosując trzyelementową matrycę analityczną. Badanie pozwoliło zidentyfikować właściwości fake newsów i generowanych narracji oraz ich możliwe skutki.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Disinformation; Fake news; Social media

PL

Dezinformacja; Fałszywe wiadomości; Media społecznościowe

• Czasopismo: Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 21
• Numer: z. 2 Cooperation Formats in Central and Eastern Europe: Determinants, Current State of Affairs, and Perspectives
• Strony: 155--173

Twórcy

autor

Katarzyna Kopecka-Piech

• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland

autor

Dorota Dyksik

• University of Wrocław, Poland

autor

Mateusz Sobiech

• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland

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DOI

10.36874/RIESW.2023.2.8