Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo Verde

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Autor(a) principal: Novais, Rui Alexandre
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/32779
Resumo: This study constitutes an original contribution to the understanding of how disinformation gains traction in election campaigning by dwelling on yet to be studied case of the 2016 presidential elections in Cabo Verde. Based upon the results of a qualitative analysis focused on the dynamics of legacy disinformation–that is, false or misleading information diffused by the candidates themselves–across platforms, it concludes that besides not being channel-specific, the incumbency and frontrunner status of one of the candidates can be seen as a specific driver of disinformation used to facilitate the election success.
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spelling Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo VerdeCabo VerdeLegacy disinformationPolitical campaigningPresidential electionsSpin and liesThis study constitutes an original contribution to the understanding of how disinformation gains traction in election campaigning by dwelling on yet to be studied case of the 2016 presidential elections in Cabo Verde. Based upon the results of a qualitative analysis focused on the dynamics of legacy disinformation–that is, false or misleading information diffused by the candidates themselves–across platforms, it concludes that besides not being channel-specific, the incumbency and frontrunner status of one of the candidates can be seen as a specific driver of disinformation used to facilitate the election success.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaNovais, Rui Alexandre2022-09-11T00:30:28Z2021-03-112021-03-11T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/32779eng1041-794X10.1080/1041794X.2021.190353985103407404000634135700001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-26T01:37:30Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/32779Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:26:30.584381Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo Verde
title Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo Verde
spellingShingle Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo Verde
Novais, Rui Alexandre
Cabo Verde
Legacy disinformation
Political campaigning
Presidential elections
Spin and lies
title_short Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo Verde
title_full Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo Verde
title_fullStr Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo Verde
title_full_unstemmed Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo Verde
title_sort Veracity pledge or discreditation strategy? Accusations of legacy disinformation in presidential campaigns in Cabo Verde
author Novais, Rui Alexandre
author_facet Novais, Rui Alexandre
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Novais, Rui Alexandre
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cabo Verde
Legacy disinformation
Political campaigning
Presidential elections
Spin and lies
topic Cabo Verde
Legacy disinformation
Political campaigning
Presidential elections
Spin and lies
description This study constitutes an original contribution to the understanding of how disinformation gains traction in election campaigning by dwelling on yet to be studied case of the 2016 presidential elections in Cabo Verde. Based upon the results of a qualitative analysis focused on the dynamics of legacy disinformation–that is, false or misleading information diffused by the candidates themselves–across platforms, it concludes that besides not being channel-specific, the incumbency and frontrunner status of one of the candidates can be seen as a specific driver of disinformation used to facilitate the election success.
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