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Disinformation
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Definition
Techniques & Goals
Repercussions
Examples
Definition:
Intentionally false or inaccurate information which is
spread deliberately.
Also known as : black propaganda.
• Disinformation = false statements + deception
Untruth
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• Misinformation = information which is
unintentionally false.
Techniques & Goals :
• Discrediting conflicting information,
• Supporting false conclusions,
• Revealing part of the truth while presenting it
as the whole : ”the limited hangout”
• Lowering information signal-to-noise ratio
– Deceiving others about the truth
– Manipulating the audience on a rational level
Repercussions:
The use of disinformation to deceive a group of
individuals can leads to:
• Enabling an entirely programmed and desirable course
of action,
Or to some opposite consequences such as :
• Suspicion, mistrust, wariness and a permanent
uncertainty,
• Paranoia : There are dedicated conspiracy theorists
who tend to believe almost any "official story" is
actually an act of deception and disinformation,
Examples:
• Normandy landing: 6 June 1944 (Operation Neptune
WWII),
• “Mon cher Mustapha” letter : distributed
in Dreux, France (1981–82) by the National Front
party
National Front victory in the 1983 local council
elections,
• 2003 invasion of Iraq,
• WikiLeaks And Julian Assange: Limited Hangouts In The
Service Of The CIA,
Sources :
• http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Disinfo
rmation
• http://neohumanism.org/b/bl/black_propaganda.ht
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• http://assassinationscience.com/disdeb3.html