No. 278: Digital Disinformation: Evidence from Ukraine

Author(s): Lennart Maschmeyer
Series Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 278
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

There is a pervasive fear that information technology enhances the effectiveness of destabilizing disinformation campaigns. Yet evidence from Ukraine, the paradigmatic case of “hybrid war”, indicates this threat is overstated. Rather, traditional media remain far more influential. The prevailing focus on technology hampers both analysis and the development of effective counterstrategies.

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