Topic

Information Disorders

3 items.

14 Apr 2025
Blog post
Emotional Contagion: Theorising the Role of Affect in COVID-19 Information Disorder
Yesha Tshering Paul, Amrita Sengupta
In this paper, we investigate the underexplored emotional drivers of information disorder, with a particular focus on how it manifested in COVID-19 misinformation in India. While "fake news" has received considerable attention for its …
11 Apr 2025
Blog post
Emotional Contagion: Theorising the Role of Affect in COVID-19 Information Disorder
Yesha Tshering Paul, Amrita Sengupta
In this paper, we investigate the underexplored emotional drivers of information disorder, with a particular focus on how it manifested in COVID-19 misinformation in India. While "fake news" has received considerable attention for its …
31 Jan 2024
Blog post
Information Disorders and their Regulation
Torsha Sarkar, Shruti Trikanad, Anoushka Soni
The Indian media and digital sphere, perhaps a crude reflection of the socio-economic realities of the Indian political landscape, presents a unique and challenging setting for studying information disorders.