Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation
strategies in the Czech security forces

J 2024

Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation strategies in the Czech security forces

MATEJOVA, Miriam, Jakub DRMOLA a Peter SPÁČ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation strategies in the Czech security forces

Autoři

MATEJOVA, Miriam, Jakub DRMOLA a Peter SPÁČ

Vydání

European Security, Abingdon, Routledge, 2024, 0966-2839

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.600 v roce 2022

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2024.2362153

Klíčová slova anglicky

misinformation; security forces; counterstrategies; Czechia; resilience

Štítky

online first

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 18. 7. 2024 14:01, Miriam Matejova, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Increasingly, misinformation is a pressing security problem. Different types of counter-disinformation strategies have been proposed and tested in a growing number of studies. The findings from these studies, however, are limited to predominantly North American and Western European contexts where ordinary people are recipients of mis- or disinformation. There is a considerable gap in our understanding of the susceptibility to false information in closed communities like state security forces. To remedy this problem, the aim of this study is twofold: (1) examine the susceptibility of Czech members of armed security forces to misinformation and (2) in this context, test the effectiveness of two types of counter-disinformation strategies: prebunking and persuasive communication. We present a survey experiment of 618 officers from the Czech police and army. While we do not find support for the effect of persuasion or prebunking on perceived information accuracy, we show that the use of positive persuasion creates a gap in how police and army officers evaluate false and biased statements. The results offer an evaluation of the resilience of the Czech security forces to mis- and disinformation and suggest developing tailored approaches to counter disinformation in Czechia and elsewhere.

Návaznosti

VJ01010122, projekt VaV

Název: Resilience ozbrojených sil a ozbrojených bezpečnostních sborů vůči hybridním hrozbám (Akronym: Resilience)

Investor: Ministerstvo vnitra ČR, Resilience ozbrojených sil a ozbrojených bezpečnostních sborů vůči hybridním hrozbám

Citovat

MATEJOVA, Miriam, Jakub DRMOLA a Peter SPÁČ. Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation strategies in the Czech security forces. European Security. Abingdon: Routledge, 2024, s. 1-23. ISSN 0966-2839. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2024.2362153.

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MATEJOVA, Miriam, Jakub DRMOLA a Peter SPÁČ. Measuring the effectiveness of counter-disinformation strategies in the Czech security forces. \textit{European Security}. Abingdon: Routledge, 2024, s.~1-23. ISSN~0966-2839. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2024.2362153.

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