Digital Disinformation Lab

Digital disinformation is nowadays one of the most dangerous and at the same time effective tools of social influence, with which it is possible to impact politics and public opinion, destabilize the internal security of countries, polarize society, create panic or undermine trust in democratic governments and institutions. The objective of the Research Group is to analyze the various conditions that foster the creation and spread (of) digital disinformation in various media and digital environments such as social media, Virtual Reality, Internet networks, etc. The research conducted by members and collaborators of the Reaserch Group is carried out in three areas concerning both the detection of digital disinformation and its prevention and combating: a) in the technological area: technological actors (bots, algorithms, artificial intelligence), technological infrastructure; disinformation detection tools and their effectiveness; b) in the socio-cultural area: the media ecosystem and circulation of disinformation, social actors of disinformation (politicians, influsensors, public figures, etc.), understanding and reception, the role of fact-checking organizations, social movements against disinformation; c) in the educational area: development of competencies related to critical thinking, tools to support the detection of disinformation.

Rivne State University for the Humanities in Rivne, Ukraine

Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow