When Disinformation Studies Meets Production Studies: Social Identities and Moral Justifications in the Political Trolling Industry
When Disinformation Studies Meets Production Studies: Social Identities and Moral Justifications in the Political Trolling Industry
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当虚假信息研究遇到生产研究：政治拖钓行业的社会身份和道德正当性
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2019
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J. V. Cabañes
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J. Ong;J. V. Cabañes
虚假信息研究领域对身份、动机、劳动和道德等问题保持相对沉默。从为期一年的民族志研究的虚假信息生产者在数字黑色行动在菲律宾的运动，本文提出，生产研究的方法可以解决虚假信息研究的差距。我们认为，将虚假信息作为一种生产文化，可以探索吸引人们从事这项工作的社会条件，以及将假新闻作为副业正常化的创意产业实践。本文批判性地反思了民族志研究的方法论风险和机会，颠覆了对异常邪恶的巨魔的期望，而是使用创造性工作者的共谋和勾结的叙述来推进整体的社会批判和地方层面的虚假信息干预。
The field of disinformation studies remains relatively silent about questions of identity, motivation, labor, and morality. Drawing from a one-year ethnographic study of disinformation producers employed in digital black ops campaigns in the Philippines, this article proposes that approaches from production studies can address gaps in disinformation research. We argue that approaching disinformation as a culture of production opens inquiry into the social conditions that entice people to this work and the creative industry practices that normalize fake news as a side gig. This article critically reflects on the methodological risks and opportunities of ethnographic research that subverts expectations of the exceptionally villainous troll and instead uses narratives of creative workers’ complicity and collusion to advance holistic social critique and local-level disinformation interventions.