Cloaked science: the Yan reports

IF 4.2 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-04-04 DOI:10.1080/1369118X.2022.2027501

Jennifer Nilsen, Joan M. Donovan, Robert Faris

引用次数: 1

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper describes a 2020 disinformation campaign promoting the unsubstantiated claim that the novel coronavirus is the product of a Chinese bioweapons program. Exploiting a vulnerability in open-access scientific publishing, the campaign was based on papers posted to an online preprint repository designed to accelerate the diffusion of scientific knowledge. This provided the campaign with an air of scientific legitimacy, helped it reach millions of Americans, and muddied public discourse over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. This case study offers insights into the tactics and practices of media manipulation, the contested nature of modern epistemic systems, the interplay of technical and social systems, and the vulnerability of open systems to manipulation.

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摘要本文描述了2020年的一场虚假信息宣传活动，宣传新型冠状病毒是中国生物武器计划的产物。该运动利用开放获取科学出版中的一个漏洞，以发布到在线预印本库的论文为基础，旨在加速科学知识的传播。这为这场运动提供了科学合法性的氛围，帮助它接触到数百万美国人，并搅乱了公众对严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2型起源的讨论。本案例研究深入了解了媒体操纵的策略和实践、现代认识系统的争议性质、技术和社会系统的相互作用以及开放系统易受操纵的脆弱性。

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来源期刊

Information Communication & Society Multiple-

CiteScore

10.20

自引率

4.80%

发文量

110

期刊介绍： Drawing together the most current work upon the social, economic, and cultural impact of the emerging properties of the new information and communications technologies, this journal positions itself at the centre of contemporary debates about the information age. Information, Communication & Society (iCS) transcends cultural and geographical boundaries as it explores a diverse range of issues relating to the development and application of information and communications technologies (ICTs), asking such questions as: -What are the new and evolving forms of social software? What direction will these forms take? -ICTs facilitating globalization and how might this affect conceptions of local identity, ethnic differences, and regional sub-cultures? -Are ICTs leading to an age of electronic surveillance and social control? What are the implications for policing criminal activity, citizen privacy and public expression? -How are ICTs affecting daily life and social structures such as the family, work and organization, commerce and business, education, health care, and leisure activities? -To what extent do the virtual worlds constructed using ICTs impact on the construction of objects, spaces, and entities in the material world? iCS analyses such questions from a global, interdisciplinary perspective in contributions of the very highest quality from scholars and practitioners in the social sciences, gender and cultural studies, communication and media studies, as well as in the information and computer sciences.