Disinformation and weaponized communication: The spread of ideological hate about the Macedonian name in Greece

Journalism (London, England) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 DOI:10.1177/14648849231152362

Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis

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The study examined through ideological discourse analysis (IDA) 38 widely spread disinformation-laced news stories (or “fake news”) regarding the Macedonian Name Dispute (MND) and the “Prespes Agreement” in the years 2018 and 2019. The paper explores the ideological narratives and constructions disseminated through the disinformation-laced news stories during these 2 years. Therefore, the study expands the relevant literature regarding democracy, disinformation, and hate campaigns by examining the ideological narratives and constructions disseminated through the disinformation-laced news stories during that two-years-period. The findings showed that those news stories were successfully weaponized and resulted in empowering identity characteristics and ideological narratives through the distancing method (us vs them), the alienation with elements of dramatization (e.g. territorial loss of the Greek Macedonia due to the “Prespes Agreement”), and the sense of victimization and dehumanization that demanded emergency actions to protect the ingroup (Greece) from the outgroup (North Macedonia and its Greek assistants).

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虚假信息和武器化的沟通:在希腊传播对马其顿名字的意识形态仇恨

该研究通过意识形态话语分析(IDA)调查了2018年和2019年关于马其顿名称争端(MND)和“普雷斯协议”的38个广泛传播的虚假新闻故事(或“假新闻”)。本文探讨了在这两年中，通过虚假信息新闻故事传播的意识形态叙事和结构。因此，该研究通过检查在这两年期间通过虚假信息新闻故事传播的意识形态叙事和结构，扩展了有关民主、虚假信息和仇恨运动的相关文献。调查结果显示，这些新闻故事被成功地武器化，并通过疏远方法(我们对他们)、带有戏剧化元素的异化(例如，由于“普雷斯佩斯协议”，希腊马其顿的领土丧失)、以及受害和非人性化的感觉，要求采取紧急行动保护内部群体(希腊)免受外部群体(北马其顿及其希腊助手)的侵害。

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