Disinformation and misinformation about migrants, refugees, and minority groups adapts to the shifting news cycle while also appealing to people's pre-existing convictions and current worries. Events such as the war in Ukraine act as a catalyst, enabling coordinated groups to grab people's attention, stoke fears, and in some cases even dictate political discourse. This article traces the ...
For example, in the 1870s and 1880s, rising anti-Chinese sentiment led to laws excluding Chinese nationals from naturalizing to become citizens and laws preventing them from immigrating to the United States. At the intersection of anti-Black racism and immigration status, disinformation is a tactic that reinforces tiered personhood.
Election Resources and Fingertip Facts about Immigration. Given the breadth of disinformation at the forefront of the 2024 presidential election, CIPR has compiled a list of election resources to dispel the falsehoods and myths currently circulating and, instead, provide links to trusted resources about immigration in the U.S.
Correa-Cabrera said disinformation narratives often begin via WhatsApp and are then complemented and amplified on social media platforms such as Instagram or TikTok.
Kubrin, who co-authored the book, Immigration and Crime: Taking Stock, with Ousey, said these claims pop up during election cycles, or when crime rates are higher or immigration is increasing.
Results from an online survey conducted from June 2 to June 16 showed that of the 210 migrants surveyed, more than a quarter have received false messages about immigration processes and work ...
Changes in immigration policies fuel misinformation Commonly, content creators on social media use changes in U.S. immigration policies to "provide the sense of urgency," Correa-Cabrera said.
Anti-immigration accounts were more likely than pro-immigration accounts ... the image's provenance was debunked by the New York Times ... appeals with over half of all tweets containing harassing language and fear mongering to strengthen opposition to immigration. Bots' spread of disinformation targeting Democrats' involvement in ...
Anti-immigrant attitudes and the appeal of anti-immigrant disinformation have been contextualised in relation to patterns of economic and social change and the decline of traditional party systems. In many respects, anti-immigrant disinformation is part of a culture war in which an ecosystem of actors (far right, alt-right, populist, and ...
Hedlund, Laura, "Identifying and Understanding Anti-ImmigrationDisinformation. A case study of the 2018 Swedish national elections ," (Stockholm: Swedish Defence Institute 2019); Juhász, Attila and Patrik Szicherle, "The political effects of migration-related fake news, disinformation and conspiracy theories in Europe,"
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