Mistakenly misinformed or intentionally deceived? Mis- and disinformation perceptions on the Russian war in Ukraine among citizens in 19 countries

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• dc.contributor.author Hameleers, Michael
• dc.contributor.author Cardenal, Ana Sofía
• dc.contributor.author Zoizner, Alon
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-08T05:46:41Z
• dc.date.available 2024-04-08T05:46:41Z
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.description.abstract In information environments characterized by institutional distrust, fragmentation and the widespread dissemination of conspiracies and disinformation, citizens perceive misinformation as a salient and threatening issue. Especially amidst disruptive events and crises, news users are likely to believe that information is inaccurate or deceptive. Using an original 19-country comparative survey study across diverse regions in the world (N = 19,037), we find that news users are likely to regard information on the Russian war in Ukraine as false. They are more likely to attribute false information to deliberative deception than to a lack of access to the war area or inaccurate expert knowledge. Russian sources are substantially more likely to be blamed for falsehoods than Ukrainian or Western sources – but these attribution biases depend on a country's position on the war. Our findings reveal that people mostly believe that falsehoods are intended to deceive them, and selectively associate misinformation with the opposed camp.
• dc.description.sponsorship The collection of data in Romania was supported by the Interdisciplinary PhD school of SNSPA. The research presented in this paper is a part of the project “THREATPIE: The Threats and Potentials of a Changing Political Information Environment” which is financially supported by the NORFACE Joint Research Programme on Democratic Governance in a Turbulent Age and co-funded by FWO, DFF, ANR, DFG, NCN Poland, NWO, AEI, ESRC and the European Commission through Horizon 2020 under grant agreement No 822166. The collection of data in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Serbia was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council [ES/S01019X/1]. The collection of data in Italy was supported by the Italian Ministry of Research and University under the PRIN research program (“National Projects of Relevant Interest”, 2017) (grant number: 20175HFEB3).
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• dc.identifier.citation Hameleers M, Tulin M, De Vreese C, Aalberg T, Van Aelst P, Cardenal AS, et al. Mistakenly misinformed or intentionally deceived? Mis- and disinformation perceptions on the Russian war in Ukraine among citizens in 19 countries. European J Political Res. 2024 Nov;63(4):1642-54. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12646
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12646
• dc.identifier.issn 0304-4130
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59677
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Wiley
• dc.relation.ispartof European Journal of Political Research. 2024 Nov;63(4):1642-54
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/822166
• dc.rights © 2023 The Authors. European Journal of Political Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Consortium for Political Research. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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• dc.subject.keyword Credibility
• dc.subject.keyword Disinformation
• dc.subject.keyword Media trust
• dc.subject.keyword Misinformation
• dc.subject.keyword Trustworthiness
• dc.title Mistakenly misinformed or intentionally deceived? Mis- and disinformation perceptions on the Russian war in Ukraine among citizens in 19 countries
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