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Book/Printed Material Fighting disinformation online : building the database of web tools

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Title

  • Fighting disinformation online : building the database of web tools

Summary

  • Today's information ecosystem brings access to seemingly infinite amounts of information instantaneously. It also contributes to the rapid spread of misinformation and disinformation to millions of people. In response to this challenge and as part of the RAND Corporation's Truth Decay initiative, RAND researchers worked to identify and characterize the universe of online tools targeted at online disinformation, focusing on those tools created by nonprofit or civil society organizations. This report summarizes the data collected by the RAND team in 2018 and 2019 and serves as a companion to the already published web database. The report includes information on our inclusion and exclusion criteria, a discussion of methodology, a list of domains or characteristics that we coded for every tool (e.g., tool type, delivery platform), a summary of descriptive statistics that provides multiple different snapshots of both available tools and those in development, and a series of deep dives that describe each of the types of tools in the database and how each works to counter the disinformation challenge.

Names

  • Kavanagh, Jennifer, author

Created / Published

  • Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, 2020.

Contents

  • CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO: Approach and Definitions -- CHAPTER THREE: Descriptive Statistics -- CHAPTER FOUR: Deep Dives: Tool Types -- CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusion.

Headings

  • -  Disinformation--Study and teaching
  • -  Internet--Social aspects
  • -  Truth--Political aspects--United States
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-64)
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource (xix, 64 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HM1231

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024739777

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  • This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Kavanagh, Jennifer, Author. Fighting Disinformation Online: Building the Database of Web Tools. Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, 2020. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024739777/.

APA citation style:

Kavanagh, J. (2020) Fighting Disinformation Online: Building the Database of Web Tools. Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024739777/.

MLA citation style:

Kavanagh, Jennifer, Author. Fighting Disinformation Online: Building the Database of Web Tools. Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, 2020. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024739777/>.