How the EU Counters Disinformation: Journalistic and Regulatory Responses
Social media companies have strengthened their power—both discursive and political—during the last decade, a process that has disrupted the public spheres, contributing to shaping the way in which public discourse unfolds. In this process, it has empowered anti-democratic domestic and foreign actors...
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| description | Social media companies have strengthened their power—both discursive and political—during the last decade, a process that has disrupted the public spheres, contributing to shaping the way in which public discourse unfolds. In this process, it has empowered anti-democratic domestic and foreign actors, and challenged the business model of traditional media companies, substantially changing journalistic practices. This process has led policy-makers across the world, but more specifically in the EU, to conceive of disinformation as a “problem” (sometimes even a “threat to democracy”) that needs to be “solved.” The thematic issue critically contributes to the increasing literature on the topic by opening avenues that reorient the debate towards the relationship between Big Tech regulation, disinformation, journalism, politics, and democracy in the EU context. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-51ebcd03256944e7b657eb243bc068b42025-08-20T03:12:15ZengCogitatioMedia and Communication2183-24392025-05-0113010.17645/mac.105514126How the EU Counters Disinformation: Journalistic and Regulatory ResponsesJorge Tuñón Navarro0Luis Bouza García1Alvaro Oleart2Department of Communication, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainDepartment of Political Science and International Relations, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, SpainDepartment of Political Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumSocial media companies have strengthened their power—both discursive and political—during the last decade, a process that has disrupted the public spheres, contributing to shaping the way in which public discourse unfolds. In this process, it has empowered anti-democratic domestic and foreign actors, and challenged the business model of traditional media companies, substantially changing journalistic practices. This process has led policy-makers across the world, but more specifically in the EU, to conceive of disinformation as a “problem” (sometimes even a “threat to democracy”) that needs to be “solved.” The thematic issue critically contributes to the increasing literature on the topic by opening avenues that reorient the debate towards the relationship between Big Tech regulation, disinformation, journalism, politics, and democracy in the EU context.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/10551big techdemocracydisinformationeuropean unionjournalismpublic policypublic spheresocial mediaregulation |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Tuñón Navarro Luis Bouza García Alvaro Oleart How the EU Counters Disinformation: Journalistic and Regulatory Responses Media and Communication big tech democracy disinformation european union journalism public policy public sphere social media regulation |
| title | How the EU Counters Disinformation: Journalistic and Regulatory Responses |
| title_full | How the EU Counters Disinformation: Journalistic and Regulatory Responses |
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| title_full_unstemmed | How the EU Counters Disinformation: Journalistic and Regulatory Responses |
| title_short | How the EU Counters Disinformation: Journalistic and Regulatory Responses |
| title_sort | how the eu counters disinformation journalistic and regulatory responses |
| topic | big tech democracy disinformation european union journalism public policy public sphere social media regulation |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/10551 |
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