Facing Disinformation: Narratives and Manipulative Techniques Deployed in the Czech Republic

Gregor, Miloš; Mlejnková, Petra

doi:10.2478/pce-2021-0023

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“…Recognize similar trends in news about polarizing events, such as the 2016 EU migration crisis, and report other standard manipulative techniques besides fabrication, such as blaming, labelling, and appealing to fear in their study of Czech disinformation websites (Gregor & Mlejnková, 2021).…”

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Propaganda and disinformation in the Slovak and Czech Republic

Gombár,

Šišulák,

Cíchová

et al. 2024

JESI

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Propaganda and credibility of information are two concepts that are broadly intertwined, as both are closely linked to communication and dissemination of information. On the one hand is propaganda, which often uses manipulative and one-sided information to influence public opinion or convince people of a particular perspective. On the other side is the credibility of information, which refers to the truthfulness, accuracy and objectivity of the data transmitted. This article describes and evaluates the main disinformation actions in recent years in Slovak and the Czech Republic. Information manipulation campaigns are multifaceted, and many factors are at play simultaneously. As topical causes with a wide range of consequences, these campaigns are also political and highly politicized. The analytical part of the paper is based on the research that was conducted, which involved 964 respondents from the Slovak and Czech Republic, mainly university students. The research was conducted based on the authors' research instrument. Within the research itself, we surveyed the answers and opinions of respondents as a way of assessing the relevance of information separately for respondents from the Slovak Republic and individually from the Czech Republic according to the age of the respondent in terms of the respondent's assessment of the truthfulness of the information or the importance of the credibility of the information.

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Propaganda and disinformation in the Slovak and Czech Republic

Gombár,

Šišulák,

Cíchová

et al. 2024

JESI

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“…The Czech media landscape experienced significant changes in ownership concentration, political pressure, and technology in the 2000s. Online alternative 1 journalism has emerged, but often takes a hostile stance toward marginalized communities and liberal democracy (Holt et al 2019;Štětka et al 2021) and may spread disinformation about migration (Gregor -Mlejnková 2021). With only 34% of the Czech population trusting media (Newman et al 2022), results may differ from Western European findings on media consumption and immigration attitudes (Kondor et al 2022).…”

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When is a Crisis Really a Crisis? Using NLP and Corpus Linguistic Methods to Reveal Differences in Migration Discourse Across Czech Media

Pekáček,

Elmerot

2023

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný Casopis

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This article presents an interdisciplinary analysis of discourses on refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and migrants (RASIM) in mainstream and alternative media in the Czech Republic. Using techniques from corpus linguistics (CL) and natural language processing (NLP) and drawing on insights from media sociology, we demonstrate the value of an interdisciplinary approach for conducting robust research that can inform policymakers and media practitioners. Our analysis of nearly one million documents from January 2015 to February 2023 reveals distinctive terms and phrases used by alternative media, highlighting the growing divergence between the mainstream and alternative media discourse and its intensity over different periods. These findings have implications for understanding the mobilization of anti-systemic groups, particularly those on the far right.

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Information Disorder and the Illiberal Public Sphere

Štětka,

Mihelj

2024

The Illiberal Public Sphere

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This chapter is devoted to the mapping and analysis of the disinformation ecosystem across our sample, examining the ways in which different stages of the illiberal public sphere are linked with the dissemination and reception of false or manipulated information and narratives. We first explore the extent of people’s exposure to misinformation, before mapping the information ecosystems across the four countries and examining specific channels and brands which play a major role in the dissemination of misinformation. Our findings indicate that in countries with a more advanced illiberal public sphere, the perception of misinformation is greater, and their channels are more likely to involve mainstream news media brands. The chapter then focuses on the prevalence of beliefs that are rooted in some of the most popular conspiracy narratives in the region—those involving the US philanthropist George Soros and the 2010 Smolensk air disaster. Finally, we pay attention to a specific communication channel which serves as an important instrument for disinformation campaigns in some of the countries, namely the so-called ‘chain emails’.

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Facing Disinformation: Narratives and Manipulative Techniques Deployed in the Czech Republic

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Propaganda and disinformation in the Slovak and Czech Republic

Propaganda and disinformation in the Slovak and Czech Republic

When is a Crisis Really a Crisis? Using NLP and Corpus Linguistic Methods to Reveal Differences in Migration Discourse Across Czech Media

Information Disorder and the Illiberal Public Sphere

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