Disinformation

Disinformation is false or inaccurate information spread on purpose^[1] to deceive the targeted audience. Disinformation may include the distribution of forged documents, manuscripts and photographs, or the promotion of harmful rumors, conspiracy theories and fake intelligence.^[2][3]

1. ↑ "Learning Disinformation". The British Library Board. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
2. ↑
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   • Sunstein, Cass R.; Vermeule, Adrian (January 17, 2008). "Conspiracy Theories" (PDF). U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper (387). Retrieved December 14, 2024. Last revised: 7 Feb 2008
   • van Prooijen, Jan-Willem; Douglas, Karen M (June 29, 2017). "Conspiracy theories as part of history: The role of societal crisis situations". Memory Studies. 10 (3). doi:10.1177/1750698017701615. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
   • Douglas, Karen M.; Uscinski, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robbie M.; Cichocka, Aleksandra; Nefes, Turkay; Ang, Chee Siang; Deravi, Farzin (March 20, 2019). "Understanding Conspiracy Theories". Advances in Political Psychology. 40 (S1): 3–35. doi:10.1111/pops.12568. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
   • Douglas, Karen M.; Sutton, Robbie M. (September 28, 2022). "What Are Conspiracy Theories? A Definitional Approach to Their Correlates, Consequences, and Communication". Annual Review of Psychology. 74: 271–298. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-032420-031329. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
3. ↑
   • Robertson, David George (November 25, 2014). "Metaphysical conspiracism: UFOs as discursive object between popular millennial and conspiracist fields". University of Edinburgh Research Archive. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
   • Bronner, Stephen Eric (2020). "Conspiracy Fetishism, Community, and the Antisemitic Imaginary". Antisemitism Studies. 4 (2). Indiana University Press: 371–387. doi:10.2979/antistud.4.2.06. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
   • Kofta, Mirosław; Soral, Wiktor; Bilewicz, Michał (2020). "What breeds conspiracy antisemitism? The role of political uncontrollability and uncertainty in the belief in Jewish conspiracy". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 118 (5): 900–918. doi:10.1037/pspa0000183. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
   • Robertson, David G. (2021). "Chapter 7 They Knew Too Much: The Entangled History of Conspiracy Theories, UFOs and New Religions". Handbook of UFO Religions. pp. 178–196. doi:10.1163/9789004435537_009. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
   • Robertson, David G. (2022). "Conspiracy Theories about Secret Religions: Imagining the Other". The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Secrecy (1 ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9781003014751. Retrieved December 14, 2024.