This introduction to the special issue “Beyond Fake News: The Politics of Disinformation”
contains four main sections. In the first, we discuss the major sociopolitical factors that have …

It is frequently claimed that online disinformation threatens democracy, and that
disinformation is more prevalent or harmful because social media platforms have disrupted …

Although disinformation has become a popular concept, we lack an integrative
conceptualization that connects the actors, intentions and techniques underlying deceptive …

There is little doubt that increasing polarization over the last decade has transformed the
American political landscape. In The Other Divide, Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan …

The Liberal International Order (LIO) is currently being undermined not only by states such
as Russia but also by voters in the West. We argue that both veins of discontent are driven …

This paper investigates online propaganda strategies of the Internet Research Agency (IRA)—
Russian “trolls”—during the 2016 US presidential election. We assess claims that the IRA …

We propose deception as a bridging concept that will enhance the study of misinformation,
disinformation, and misperceptions. As we set it out here, the concept integrates insights …

The third edition of The Dynamics of Political Communication continues its comprehensive
coverage of communication and politics, focusing on problematic issues that bear on the …

We introduce a special issue that collects eight articles, comprising research from twenty-
three countries and four continents on the sources, impact on citizens, and possible …

For most of the twentieth century, public opinion was nearly analogous with polling. Enter
social media, which has upended the social, technical, and communication contingencies …