Terminological Chaos in Labelling False Online Content

Abstract

The study deals with the issue of misleading information in the Internet environment. The authors define and analyse basic terms denoting various methods of disinformation. They point to the fact that there are specific terms and phenomena forming the thematic axis of the current discourse on disinformation practices in online media. They state that there is quite a lot of chaos in the field of terminology. This is the reason why they critically reconsider the existing knowledge related to disinformation, such as fake news and the like. The ambition of the authors is the conceptualisation of disinformation methods in the context of a broadening of genres and social background. They emphasise the need to research the issue because the information quality of various blogs, posts, comments, etc. raises many unanswered questions or incorrect answers. In their analysis of the issue, they use the basic methods of logical analysis, the hermeneutic approach, as well as selectively chosen examples of individual typological variants of disinformation.

Analysis of hoax news about Russia’s Special military operations (SMO) in the Indonesian media

“…In the article from Bisnis.com entitled "Russian Missile Hits Village in Poland, 2 People Killed" (fig. 7) was mentioned: "The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a Russian-made missile had fallen in the village of Przewodow, Poland, near the Ukrainian border, on Tuesday (15/11/2022) at 15.40 local time" 14 . The news from Okenews entitled "Russian Missile Hits Polish Village, Killing 2 People" pointed out: "A senior United States intelligence official said a Russian missile 10 Defending "Snake Island" from Russia, 13 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed.…”

“…Hoax is a chaos of information or what is usually called fake news which has crimi- nal aims, both crimes in cyberspace and in the real world [13]. A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not [14]. There are even several media sources that spread hoax news, which could be classified accordingly to the level of their harm (fig.…”

“…14 Dawarti E. Russian Missile Hits Village in Poland, 2 People Killed. Available at: https://kabar24.bisnis.com/ (accessed: 19.10.2023).…”