79th International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia, February 25 and 26, 2021. Faculty of Social Sciences, 2021
The goal of project “Jeopardizing Democracy through Disinformation and Conspiracies: Reconsiderin... more The goal of project “Jeopardizing Democracy through Disinformation and Conspiracies: Reconsidering Experience of Latvia,” a programme of Fundamental and Applied Research Projects by the Latvian Council of Science, is to study the role of disinformation and conspiracy theories in Latvia’s information environment from an interdisciplinary perspective as well as to look at how these influence the lives, health, security and welfare of people. The study will discuss the experience of Latvia’s society during the 20th century, the age of totalitarianism and the period after the restoration of independence. Another aim is to evaluate the risks which disinformation and conspiracy theories cause to present-day democracy and its values. There are two areas of research. First, historical research will examine the flow of disinformation and the trends of trust in conspiracies since the mid-1930s, when Latvia was no longer a democratic country and subsequently experienced occupation by two totalitarian powers. Second, the project will focus on the presence of disinformation and conspiracy theories in the present-day Latvian information environment, particularly in the digital media.
79th International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia, February 25 and 26, 2021. Faculty of Social Sciences, 2021
The goal of project “Jeopardizing Democracy through Disinformation and Conspiracies: Reconsiderin... more The goal of project “Jeopardizing Democracy through Disinformation and Conspiracies: Reconsidering Experience of Latvia,” a programme of Fundamental and Applied Research Projects by the Latvian Council of Science, is to study the role of disinformation and conspiracy theories in Latvia’s information environment from an interdisciplinary perspective as well as to look at how these influence the lives, health, security and welfare of people. The study will discuss the experience of Latvia’s society during the 20th century, the age of totalitarianism and the period after the restoration of independence. Another aim is to evaluate the risks which disinformation and conspiracy theories cause to present-day democracy and its values. There are two areas of research. First, historical research will examine the flow of disinformation and the trends of trust in conspiracies since the mid-1930s, when Latvia was no longer a democratic country and subsequently experienced occupation by two totalitarian powers. Second, the project will focus on the presence of disinformation and conspiracy theories in the present-day Latvian information environment, particularly in the digital media.
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disinformation and conspiracy theories cause to present-day democracy and its values. There are two areas of research. First, historical research will examine the flow of disinformation and the trends of trust in conspiracies since the mid-1930s, when Latvia was no longer a democratic country and subsequently experienced occupation by two totalitarian powers. Second, the project will focus on the presence
of disinformation and conspiracy theories in the present-day Latvian information environment, particularly in the digital media.
disinformation and conspiracy theories cause to present-day democracy and its values. There are two areas of research. First, historical research will examine the flow of disinformation and the trends of trust in conspiracies since the mid-1930s, when Latvia was no longer a democratic country and subsequently experienced occupation by two totalitarian powers. Second, the project will focus on the presence
of disinformation and conspiracy theories in the present-day Latvian information environment, particularly in the digital media.