Abstract
Hiding behind anecdotes and statistics is a deeper truth about disinformation: its acceptance relies less upon the content of a campaign itself and more upon how closely it coheres with an individual’s beliefs about the world they live in—beliefs that are increasingly built around partisan boundaries. Discrete pieces of disinformation do not carry any meaning on their own. They have to fit within larger partisan narratives about social reality, narratives that feature good and evil, heroes and villains, victims and oppressors, before they “make sense” to an individual.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | U.S. Election Analysis 2020: Media, Voters and the Campaign |
| Publisher | Bournemouth University |
| Pages | 124 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |