Publication details
Odolnost na sociálních sítích : motivace a strategie při interakci s dezinformacemi
| Title in English | Resilience on social networking sites : motivation and strategy for interacting with disinformation |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Disinformation has become an established part of social media and its dissemination affects not only the users but has larger implications for democracies. While scholars have examined their spread and its impact, there remains a gap in understanding the potential resilience of users. The importance of corrective actions, such as debunking false information, lies in their potential to mitigate the spread of disinformation. If user behavior can contribute to the overall resilience of online environment, it is important to study it more closely. This study focuses on users´ interactions with disinformation on social media and their strategies for preventing its further dissemination throughout period that was influenced by ongoing crisis (Covid-19, Russio-Ukrainan war). To understand their motivations and strategies, we use qualitative methods, which are currently lacking in research. We conducted 60 in-depth qualitative interviews with people living in the Czech Republic over three years (2021-2023). Preliminary results show that the response to misinformation is mostly associated with a normative responsibility to offer correct information to others (not only to those who share it, but also to readers). After a while, however, there is frustration at the lack of results and the inability to change the perspective of others. |
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