Digital Disinformation - 9783031288340

Name: Digital Disinformation - 9783031288340
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG

Springer International Publishing AG

Digital DisinformationComputational Analysis of Culture and Conspiracy Theories in Russia and Eastern Europe\nAuthor(s): Peter Chew, Matthew Fort, Jonathan Chew\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031288340, 978-3031288340\nSynopsis\nThis book uniquely combines the authors personal experiences, deep cultural and professional experience of living and working in Russia and the former USSR, and interest and experience with language and computational analysis, to shed light on a highly contemporary question: what is motivating conflict and unrest in Russia and its surrounding countries? How does Russian government suppression of information manifest in practice today, and how does it fit into the historical cultural pattern for Russia? The authors take a computational look at social and traditional media in the original languages, from Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Pola.