{"title":"In the Name of Scientific Advancement: How to Assess What Constitutes ‘Scientific Research’ in the GDPR to Protect Data Subjects and Democracy","authors":"H. Bentzen","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114946239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Misinformation to Modern Lügenpresse: The Redefinition of Fake News","authors":"Michael S. Daubs","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121746852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elite Theory, Media Regulation and ‘Fake News’","authors":"Daniel D. Barnhizer, Adam Candeub","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.009","url":null,"abstract":"Democratic institutions rely upon the Rule of Law, and the Rule of Law depends upon rational analysis of public matters. “Fake news” undermines the Rule of Law as it derives its strength from appetitive and emotional responses in a manner that threatens both the Rule of Law and a political culture’s willingness to trust in democratic institutions. Even worse, however, the phenomenon of “fake news” creates an atmosphere in which political, media, and cultural elites can exploit fear about fake news in order to forward their own agenda and undermine democratic institutions in favor of political control by a dominant oligarchic elite. In this essay, we place the “fake news” concern in the context of media regulation in the United States. Looking to so-called elite theory, we suggest that the “fake news” cause celebre may simply be an elite power grab that United States media regulation would allow. We argue that concerns about “fake news” can best be ameliorated by more speech and improved public digital literacy and access to mechanisms to express and learn about new ideas.","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126097395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Scourge of Fake News in Greece","authors":"Thanos Sitistas","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128087892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Should We be Afraid of Fake News?","authors":"V. Papakonstantinou","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121822913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disinformation and Fear Propaganda as Justification for the War on Terror During George W. Bush’s Presidency","authors":"Ewelina Waśko-Owsiejczuk","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"522 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124487828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Post-Truth Discourses and their Limits: A Democratic Crisis?","authors":"J. Farkas, Jannick Schou","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115181933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The War against Fake News in the Digital Age and the Weapons in Our Intellectual Arsenal","authors":"Stamos Archontis","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124823063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulating Internet Content with Technology: Analysis of Policy Initiatives Relevant to Illegal Content and Disinformation Online in the European Union","authors":"Trisha Meyer, C. Marsden, Ian D. Brown","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124940356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"True Story! Challenges to Democracy not Covered by the Media: Lessons from the (Non-)Coverage of the Greek Financial Crisis","authors":"G. Terzis","doi":"10.1017/9781839700422.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781839700422.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422489,"journal":{"name":"Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124625309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}