Liquid Disinformation Tactics: Overcoming Social Media Countermeasures through Misleading Content

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Social media have led to profound transformations in the ecosystem and new communication dynamics. Such platforms become a competitive source of information played decisive role facilitating dissemination false or misleading content, with particular impact on recent elections. This study analyses formats spread disinformation during Brazil’s 2018 election social media, considering countermeasures adopted that year by reduce its circulation. Disinformation occupies central space public debate Brazil, where there is massive use media. Based content analysis 153 narratives most shared campaign period, results show contents changed overcome platforms’ countermeasures. Results also highlight majority images blend accurate reshape phenomenon definition suggests inefficacy current regulations.

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عنوان ژورنال: Journalism Practice

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1751-2786', '1751-2794']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2021.1914707