Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamics

Disinformation on social media has positioned itself as a strategy of diplomacy to intervene in the decisions of sovereign states through the use of fake news, misleading content, hate speech and deliberate falsehoods, information errors, among others, in order to mobilise their citizens, and thus c...

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Autores: Guzmán Rincón, Alfredo, Rodríguez-Cánovas, Belén, Rodríguez Cánovas, María Belén
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117254
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:658.8
Disinformation
Diplomacy
Model
System dynamics
Comunicación audiovisual
Marketing
Comunicación social
Investigación en la comunicación
Investigación Comercial
Investigación social
5902.04 Política de Comunicaciones
6308 Comunicaciones Sociales
5910.02 Medios de Comunicación de Masas
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
6114.13 Marketing
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spelling Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamicsPropagación de la desinformación en redes sociales como estrategia de diplomacia: análisis desde la dinámica de sistemasGuzmán Rincón, AlfredoRodríguez-Cánovas, BelénRodríguez Cánovas, María Belén658.8DisinformationDiplomacyModelSystem dynamicsComunicación audiovisualMarketingComunicación socialInvestigación en la comunicaciónInvestigación ComercialInvestigación social5902.04 Política de Comunicaciones6308 Comunicaciones Sociales5910.02 Medios de Comunicación de Masas5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)6114.13 MarketingDisinformation on social media has positioned itself as a strategy of diplomacy to intervene in the decisions of sovereign states through the use of fake news, misleading content, hate speech and deliberate falsehoods, information errors, among others, in order to mobilise their citizens, and thus change both public and state policies and rulers, generate social pressure on socio-economic systems, etc. Having said that, the analysis of this strategy in terms of the process of disinformation propagation has been characterised as biased as it involves multiple actors with different levels of decision-making; hence the aim of this paper is to analyse the propagation of disinformation as a diplomatic strategy in social networks through a systemic approach. The results show a generalist model of causal loops, which provides evidence of how disinformation is disseminated, based on the various elements documented in the literature on this diplomatic strategy. Concluding on the potential nature of disinformation and the role that the state and the social networks themselves should play in preventing and mitigating this phenomenon, which is currently affecting nations across the board and which has become popular through the use of diplomatic agents.OBSERVARE. Universidade Autónoma de LisboaUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20212021-03-2320212021-03-23journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117254reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1172542026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamics
Propagación de la desinformación en redes sociales como estrategia de diplomacia: análisis desde la dinámica de sistemas
title Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamics
spellingShingle Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamics
Guzmán Rincón, Alfredo
658.8
Disinformation
Diplomacy
Model
System dynamics
Comunicación audiovisual
Marketing
Comunicación social
Investigación en la comunicación
Investigación Comercial
Investigación social
5902.04 Política de Comunicaciones
6308 Comunicaciones Sociales
5910.02 Medios de Comunicación de Masas
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
6114.13 Marketing
title_short Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamics
title_full Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamics
title_fullStr Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamics
title_full_unstemmed Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamics
title_sort Disinformation propagation in social networks as a diplomacy strategy: analysis from system dynamics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Guzmán Rincón, Alfredo
Rodríguez-Cánovas, Belén
Rodríguez Cánovas, María Belén
author Guzmán Rincón, Alfredo
author_facet Guzmán Rincón, Alfredo
Rodríguez-Cánovas, Belén
Rodríguez Cánovas, María Belén
author_role author
author2 Rodríguez-Cánovas, Belén
Rodríguez Cánovas, María Belén
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 658.8
Disinformation
Diplomacy
Model
System dynamics
Comunicación audiovisual
Marketing
Comunicación social
Investigación en la comunicación
Investigación Comercial
Investigación social
5902.04 Política de Comunicaciones
6308 Comunicaciones Sociales
5910.02 Medios de Comunicación de Masas
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
6114.13 Marketing
topic 658.8
Disinformation
Diplomacy
Model
System dynamics
Comunicación audiovisual
Marketing
Comunicación social
Investigación en la comunicación
Investigación Comercial
Investigación social
5902.04 Política de Comunicaciones
6308 Comunicaciones Sociales
5910.02 Medios de Comunicación de Masas
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
6114.13 Marketing
description Disinformation on social media has positioned itself as a strategy of diplomacy to intervene in the decisions of sovereign states through the use of fake news, misleading content, hate speech and deliberate falsehoods, information errors, among others, in order to mobilise their citizens, and thus change both public and state policies and rulers, generate social pressure on socio-economic systems, etc. Having said that, the analysis of this strategy in terms of the process of disinformation propagation has been characterised as biased as it involves multiple actors with different levels of decision-making; hence the aim of this paper is to analyse the propagation of disinformation as a diplomatic strategy in social networks through a systemic approach. The results show a generalist model of causal loops, which provides evidence of how disinformation is disseminated, based on the various elements documented in the literature on this diplomatic strategy. Concluding on the potential nature of disinformation and the role that the state and the social networks themselves should play in preventing and mitigating this phenomenon, which is currently affecting nations across the board and which has become popular through the use of diplomatic agents.
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