COVID-19 Disinformation: A Multi-National, Whole of Society Perspective

Ritu Gill, Rebecca Goolsby (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XXII, 213 Seiten

2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-94824-5 (ISBN)

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The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a threat to our health and economy, but also has strong implications for defence and security. Indeed, defence leaders have highlighted a second fight surrounding the spread of COVID-19, namely disinformation and preparing to face adversaries willing to exploit the public health crisis for nefarious purposes. The current pandemic is a breeding ground for the propagation of disinformation, as it represents the first major global health event in which large social media platforms have become the main distributor of information. This multi-national edited volume consists of contributions from Defence Science, academia and industry, including NATO Headquarters, United States, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom and Norway. The content is aimed at a diverse audience, including NATO members, researchers from defence and security organizations, academics, and militaries including analysts and practitioners, as well as policy makers. This volume focuses onvarious aspects of COVID-19 disinformation, including identifying global dominant disinformation narratives and the methods used to spread disinformation, examining COVID-19 disinformation within the broader context of the cognitive domain, examining the psychological effects of COVID-19 disinformation and COVID-19 disinformation on instant messaging platforms, along with examining various countermeasures to disinformation.

lt;p> Ritu Gill has a PhD in Social Psychology from Carleton University. She started her career as a Research Manager in the Research Branch of Correctional Service Canada in Ottawa, and joined Defence Research & Development Canada (DRDC) as a Defence Scientist in 2007. She led the Psychological Effects Team, and is currently a Section Head in DRDC. Her research examines online influence activities, specifically, how the internet and social media influences the information environment, including the analysis of online audiences, and how deception techniques employed by adversaries, such as disinformation, impacts audiences. She is routinely invited to speak at national and international conferences to share her research. She participates in international defence research collaborations as the Canadian Project Officer for the Tri-lateral Partnership Agreement with Sweden and Netherlands on 'Understanding Influence'. Along with Dr. Goolsby, she is co-lead for the NATO Human Factors and Medicine Research Task Group 'Digital & Social Media Assessment for Effective Communication and Cyber Diplomacy'. In May 2020, Dr. Gill was interviewed by NATO TV Channel identifying dominant Coronavirus narratives propagated by adversaries, potential counter-strategies, and identifying the current activities of the NATO HFM research Panel activities. Dr. Gill also conceived of and led the planning and organization of a Canadian interagency virtual symposium on COVID-19 and Disinformation bringing national and international experts together to present the most recent research on COVID-19 and disinformation.

1. A Political Disinfodemic.- 2. Cognitive Warefare: NATO, COVID-19 and the Impact of Emergingand Disruptive Technologies.- 3. Developing Approaches to Detect and Mitigate COVID-19Misinfodemic in Social Networks for Proactive Policymaking.- 4. COVID-19 Disinformation, Misinformation and Malinformation During the Pandemic Infodemic: A View from the United Kingdom.- 5. Web of Lies: Mapping the Narratives, Effects and Amplifiers of Russian COVID-19 Disinformation.- 6. The Asian COVID-19 Infodemic on Instant Messaging Platforms.- 7. How to Defence Against COVID Related Disinformation.- 8. Are You Seeing What I am Seeing? Ensuring Data Relevance for Online Information Environment Assessments.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.05.2022
Reihe/Serie	Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
Zusatzinfo	XXII, 213 p. 37 illus., 26 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	511 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	comparative politics • COVID-19 crisis • Military Studies • Social Media • Strategic Communication • War Studies
ISBN-10	3-030-94824-2 / 3030948242
ISBN-13	978-3-030-94824-5 / 9783030948245
Zustand	Neuware