How misinformation in the aftermath of terror attacks has been used to influence public reactions by the UK far-right.

这项研究将探索极右翼团体在恐怖袭击后在社交媒体上传播错误信息所使用的战术和技术，这些恐怖袭击塑造了公众的看法和政治议程。使用比较案例研究设计和关注社会反应过程的概念，这项研究将涉及以下关键问题：-极右翼团体如何利用恐怖袭击后的错误信息来影响线上和线下的公众行为和理解？-为什么这些团体在此类事件后构建和传达不同类型的信息，谁是他们的目标受众？-这些发现对理解恐怖事件、社会反应的过程和当代媒体生态系统有什么影响？这项研究将对理解社会对恐怖主义的反应、社交媒体在危机传播中的作用和谣言的影响做出独特的贡献。公共意义制作中的宣传和阴谋论。具体地说，虽然以前的研究考察了恐怖主义(Innes，2020)之后敌对国家行为者传递的虚假信息(故意误导)，但通过专门关注错误信息(无意误导)以及极右翼追随者如何利用这一点，这项研究将解决社会科学知识中的一个特殊差距。

This study will explore the tactics and techniques used by far-right groups to communicate misinformation on social media in the aftermath of terror attacks that shapes public perceptions and political agendas. Using a comparative case study design, and concepts attending to processes of social reaction, the research will engage with the following key questions:- How have far-right groups exploited misinformation following terror attacks to influence public behaviour and understanding, both online and offline?- Why have these groups constructed and communicated different types of messages following such events, and who have been their target audiences?- What implications do these findings have for understanding terror events, processes of social reaction and the contemporary media ecosystem?The research will make a distinctive contribution to understanding social reactions to terrorism, social media's role in crisis communications and the influence of rumours, propaganda and conspiracy theories in public sense-making. Specifically, whilst previous research has examined disinformation (deliberately misleading) communicated by hostile state actors following terrorism (Innes, 2020), by focusing specifically on misinformation (unintentionally misleading) and how far-right adherents exploit this, the research will address a particular gap in social scientific knowledge.