Challenging Online Propaganda and Disinformation in the 21st Century

Milos Gregor is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. His research interests include political marketing, branding, and public relations in politics. He teaches courses on political communication and marketing, propaganda, disinformation, and fake news. He has been involved in the projects »Analysis of Manipulation Techniques on Selected Czech Websites«, »Manipulative Techniques of Propaganda« (granted by Masaryk University), »Strategic Communication and Information Operations in the Context of Cyber Security« (granted by National Cyber and Information Security Agency), and several projects dedicated to electoral campaigns. Together with Petra Mlejnková, he is a mentor on the projects »Choose Your Info« and »Fakescape«, both dedicated to raising media literacy awareness. He is the co-author of »The Best Book on Fake News, Disinformation and Manipulation!!!« (with P. Vejvodova, CPress, 2018), which is aimed at the general public.

Petra Mlejnková (Vejvodová) is Assistant Professor of Security Studies at the Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, teaching courses on propaganda, information warfare, extremism, and radicalism. She is a member of the expert network »Radicalisation Awareness« and the »European Expert Network on Terrorism Issues«, as well as the expert group on radicalization awareness coordinated by the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic. She has published widely on disinformation and propaganda and the European radical right. She is also a co-developer of an automatic analytical tool to detect manipulative techniques. She has been leading the »Strategic Communication and Information Operations in the Context of Cyber Security« research project. She is also a mentor of the media literacy projects »Choose Your Info« and »Fakescape«. She is the co-author of »The Best Book on Fake News, Disinformation and Manipulation!!!« (with M. Greogr, CPress, 2018), which is aimed at the general public.

Introduction
1. Explaining the Challenge (Milos Gregor, Petra Mlejnková)
2. Propaganda & Disinformation Go Online (Miroslava Pavlíková, Barbora Buresová)
3. How Propaganda & Disinformation Work (Dominika Betáková, Milos Gregor, Petra Mlejnková)
4. Propaganda & Disinformation as a Security Threat (Miroslav Mares, Petra Mlejnková)
5. Technological Approaches to Detecting Online Disinformation and Manipulation (Ales Horák, Vít Baisa, Ondrej Herman)
6. Proportionate Forensics of Disinformation and Manipulation (Radim Polcák, Frantisek Kasl)
7. Institutional Responses of European Countries (Mirka Pavlíková, Jan Hanzelka)
8. Labelling Speech (Frantisek Kasl)
9. Civil Society Challenging Disinformation in Europe (Jonás Syrovátka)
Conclusion

"This is a timely volume. It is thoroughly researched and very well written. The chapters, though written by different contributors, fit together nicely. It is an excellent team effort. In reading it, I found a clear articulation of what I had been observing, living, and reflecting upon in post-truth America." (Anthony J. Duben, Computing Reviews, March 8, 2022)

“This is a timely volume. It is thoroughly researched and very well written. The chapters, though written by different contributors, fit together nicely. It is an excellent team effort. In reading it, I found a clear articulation of what I had been observing, living, and reflecting upon in post-truth America.” (Anthony J. Duben, Computing Reviews, March 8, 2022)