Overview
- Focuses on online falsehoods and mobile communications in an Asian context
- Grapples with problems of online falsehoods on numerous fronts
- Includes contributions from both academics and practitioners, informing research and practice
Part of the book series: Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications (MCALIGI)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Trends in the Proliferation of Online Falsehoods and MIMS
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Impact of Online Falsehoods Transmitted via MIMS
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Practice and Interventions
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Keywords
- Online Falsehoods and Mobile Communications
- Online Falsehoods and Mobile Instant Messaging Services/MIMS
- Misinformation and Mobile Communications
- Misinformation and Mobile Instant Messaging Services/MIMS
- Disinformation and Mobile Communications
- Disinformation and Mobile Instant Messaging Services/MIMS
- Fake News and Mobile Communications
- Fake News and Mobile Instant Messaging Services/MIMS
- Practice and Interventions for MIMS
- MIMS Research Methods
About this book
This book focuses on developments and trends pertaining to online falsehoods and mobile instant messaging services (MIMS), the impact of online falsehoods transmitted via MIMS, and practice and intervention. As the reliance on mobile devices for news seeking and information sharing continues to grow, the spread of online falsehoods on MIMS is a problem that confounds academics, practitioners, and policymakers. Recent developments in countries such as Brazil and India demonstrate how MIMS facilitate the spread of online falsehoods. Given that a number of non-academic and non-governmental institutions in the region are doing important work in countering the influence of online falsehoods, this book also includes contributions by practitioners who design initiatives and programmes in this area. The book is a timely contribution in addressing the distinct issues of online falsehoods in a large, technophilic region such as Asia, grappling with problems of online falsehoods on so many fronts, including ideological extremism, political opportunism, cyberscams, political activism, digitalised learning, geopolitical tensions, and more. Relevant to researchers and policymakers, this book provides a timely and critical analysis of both research and practice conducted in the Asian context by scholars hailing from a range of disciplines such media studies, political communication, cultural studies, and cognitive science.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr Carol Soon heads the Society and Culture Department at the Institute of Policy Studies at the National University of Singapore. She has published her research on digital participation, media regulation, and deliberative practices in several books and peer-reviewed journals. Carol is an associate director of the Asia Journalism Fellowship and the vice chair of Singapore’s Media Literacy Council. She was the 2015 recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Excellence Award and the 2012 recipient of the Australian Endeavour Award.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mobile Communication and Online Falsehoods in Asia
Book Subtitle: Trends, Impact and Practice
Editors: Carol Soon
Series Title: Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2225-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-2224-5Published: 12 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-2227-6Due: 13 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-2225-2Published: 11 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2468-2403
Series E-ISSN: 2468-2411
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 324
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Digital/New Media, Media Sociology, Philosophy of Technology, Media and Communication, Media Studies