Paper Type
Complete
Description
Despite the increasing scholarly attention to disinformation, there is a lack of research on policies of disinformation, which has extended beyond social media to cover other aspects of disinformation distribution. This study is an investigation into a specific aspect of disinformation policy, intermediaries, defined as all channels, carriers, means, and mechanisms that enable disinformation creation, distribution, transmission, dissemination, and consumption, using technology or through traditional methods. Using an inductive thematic analysis approach, this study examined existing information policies in China and the United States and identified a wide range of disinformation intermediaries that are currently regulated or have the potential to be regulated by the government. The paper reports on these intermediaries and offers an analysis of the contexts of disinformation regulation in the two countries. The findings provide empirical evidence on current disinformation policy practices that may assist researchers, policymakers, and legislators in understanding the current disinformation policy landscape.
Paper Number
1935
Recommended Citation
Zhu, Xiaohua and Yang, Shengnan, "Battling Disinformation Intermediaries: An Analysis of Information Policies" (2023). AMCIS 2023 Proceedings. 44.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/sig_adit/sig_adit/44
Battling Disinformation Intermediaries: An Analysis of Information Policies
Despite the increasing scholarly attention to disinformation, there is a lack of research on policies of disinformation, which has extended beyond social media to cover other aspects of disinformation distribution. This study is an investigation into a specific aspect of disinformation policy, intermediaries, defined as all channels, carriers, means, and mechanisms that enable disinformation creation, distribution, transmission, dissemination, and consumption, using technology or through traditional methods. Using an inductive thematic analysis approach, this study examined existing information policies in China and the United States and identified a wide range of disinformation intermediaries that are currently regulated or have the potential to be regulated by the government. The paper reports on these intermediaries and offers an analysis of the contexts of disinformation regulation in the two countries. The findings provide empirical evidence on current disinformation policy practices that may assist researchers, policymakers, and legislators in understanding the current disinformation policy landscape.
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