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Of commissars, cults and conspiratorial communities: The role of countercultural spaces in “democracy hacking” campaigns

机译:委员书,邪教和阴谋社区:反文化空间在“民主黑客”竞选中的作用

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The goal of this article is to place the cultivation of virtual conspiratorial communities by prosecutors of influence operations within a theoretical structure of information warfare as “democracy hacking.” We join emerging scholarship in describing democracies as information systems wherein maintaining high standards for the quality, origination, credibility and perceived freedom of information in discourse is necessary for ensuring the moderating function of the whole. While the cyber attacks, data leaks and bot manipulation of social media that are the common focus of much analysis constitute the most visible efforts to spoof the function of mechanisms that ensure these standards, the success of each nevertheless depends on a strong foundation from which disruptive narratives can gain credibility in the public eye. Closed, conspiratorial communities are an essential part of this foundation. Such spaces are commonly characterized by cult-like discursive practices that discourage critical thought, “meme-ify” controversial content and encourage hostile rebuttal of external criticism. At the same time, platform and cross-platform opportunities for information dissemination without violation of the insular boundaries of such spaces provide unique possibilities for the spread of community narratives. Taken together, these dynamics amount to a dramatically improved ability to combat the moderating features of democratic systems. The study examines these dynamics with specific reference to the case of r/The_Donald and finds strong validity for the suggested framework.
机译:本文的目标是通过监督业务的检察官在信息战的理论结构中作为“民主黑客”的理论结构中的培养,使虚拟阴谋社区培养。我们加入了新兴奖学金,以描述民主国家作为信息系统,其中需要维持资质,发起,可信度和感知话语中信息自由的高标准,以确保整体的调节功能。虽然网络攻击,数据泄漏和社交媒体的机器人操纵是众多分析的共同焦点构成了欺骗了确保这些标准的机制功能的最明显的努力,但是每一个成功都取决于破坏性的强大基础叙述可以在公众眼中获得可信度。关闭,阴谋社区是这一基础的重要组成部分。这些空间通常是由邪教类的话语实践来劝阻批判思想,“Meme-Ify”争议内容,并鼓励外部批评的敌对反驳。与此同时,平台和跨平台的信息传播机会而无需违反此类空间的蒙积界的信息,为社区叙述的传播提供了独特的可能性。在一起,这些动态量达到了激励民主系统的调节特征的大大提高的能力。该研究通过对R / The_Donald的情况进行了特定的参考,并对建议的框架找到了强有力的有效性。

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