THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATORS IN COUNTERING THE MALICIOUS USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATORS IN COUNTERING THE MALICIOUS USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Author(s): James Pamment, Howard Nothhaft, Henrik Agardh-Twetman, Alicia Fjällhed
Contributor(s): Anna Reynolds (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Economy, Media studies, Communication studies, Sociology, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Keywords: communicator; social media; malicious use; information influence activity; vulnerabilities in media systems; cognitive biases; public opinion formation processes;
Summary/Abstract: This brief discusses the role of communicators in countering the malicious use of social media. It is based on the report ‘Countering Information Influence Activities: The State of the Art’ (2018) developed by the Department of Strategic Communication at Lund University and published by the Swedish Civil Contingency Agency (MSB).

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