Disruptive Information in Canada

Al-Rawi, Ahmed

Bloomsbury Academic（2025/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 256 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9798765132500
• DDC分類 071.1

Full Description

This book examines Canadian news content that references different terms related to fake news and disinformation while providing an analysis of Canadian journalists' views on how to report on fake news and its impact in today's society.

Disruptive Information in Canada presents a discussion on the public's discourses on disruptive information in relation to Canadian issues, as the majority of previous studies are limited to the US or European contexts. It offers unique insight into fake news reporting and discourses in Canada since it examines several main areas like news coverage, journalists' views, advertising, and trolling on social media.

This book offers a new theoretical conceptualization of our post-truth era by introducing the concept of "Disruptive Information" via focusing on news and social media content as well as journalists reporting on these issues. With the use of a mixed methods approach, it provides different insights into this important topic.

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction
2. Canadian News Coverage of Disruptive Information
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Joseph M. Nicolai)
3. Manufacturing Disruptive Information by Fringe Canadian Journalism
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Abdelrahman Fakida)
4. Foreign Disruptive Information Campaigns Targeting Canada
(Ahmed Al-Rawi)
5. The Weaponizing of Disruptive Information in the Facebook Ads Targeting Canadians
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Abdelrahman Fakida)
6. Canadian Polarized Public and Disruptive Information on Social Media
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Devan Prithipaul)
7. Canadian Journalists' Insights on Disruptive Information
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Joseph M. Nicolai)
8. Conclusion

References
Index