The normalisation and domestication of digital disinformation: on the alignment and consequences of far-right and Russian State (dis)information operations and campaigns in Europe

Innes, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8950-8147, Innes, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5508-661X, Roberts, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0595-2740, Harmston, Darren and Grinnell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9337-6466 2021. The normalisation and domestication of digital disinformation: on the alignment and consequences of far-right and Russian State (dis)information operations and campaigns in Europe. Journal of Cyber Policy 6 (1) , pp. 31-49. 10.1080/23738871.2021.1937252

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Abstract

This article traces a normalising and domesticating process in the use of digital misinformation and disinformation as part of political campaigning in Europe. Specifically, the analysis highlights innovations associated with the digital influence engineering techniques pioneered by far-right groups and agencies linked to the Kremlin, showing how there are areas of alignment and differentiation in the agendas and interests of these two groups. Their individual and collective activities in this area are important because of how they have promoted the use of similar disinforming tactics and techniques in the conduct of domestic politics.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Crime and Security Research Institute (CSURI)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISSN:	2373-8871
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 June 2021
Date of Acceptance:	14 April 2021
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 01:22
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/141895

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