Navigating the Web of Disinformation

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>A network analysis that ignores social harm is merely a technical exercise. A social critique that ignores the network is incomplete. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Navigating the Web of Disinformation</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)> closes this critical gap.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Mariann Hardey and Wasim Ahmed offer a vital socio-technical examination of digital falsehoods using Social Network Analysis (SNA) to connect the mechanics of digital diffusion to their real-world consequences. The result is a powerful visual and analytical account of how digital manipulation directly fuels social instability. As a critical contribution to the field this book equips researchers and policymakers with a practical method to not only identify false information but to understand its social impact proposing grounded solutions to defend the integrity of public discourse.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>A vital contribution to the field this publication equips policymakers researchers and practitioners with the insights needed to mitigate the spread of false information.</span></p>