Information Disorder : Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policy making

Author: Claire Wardle, PhD, Hossein Derakhshan

Price FREE Publisher Council of Europe Publication date 27 September 2017 ISBN

Publication synopsis This report published by the Council of Europe examines the way in which dis-information campaigns have become widespread and, heavily relying on social media, contribute to a global media environment of information disorder. Whilst acknowledging that the direct and indirect impacts of "information pollution" are difficult to quantify, the report provides a conceptual framework and a structure for dialogue about information disorder by policymakers, legislators and researchers. It contains 35 recommendations to relevant stakeholders such as technology companies, national governments, media, civil society, and education ministries to help them identify suitable strategies to address the phenomenon. The report was commissioned by the Council of Europe in response to the growing concerns in EU member states about the long-term implications of dis-information campaigns that are designed specifically to sow mistrust and confusion, and to sharpen existing sociocultural divisions by exploiting nationalistic, ethnic, racial and religious tensions.

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