Nworkora, Zim, Trijsburg, Ika, Bonotti, Matteo, Pejic, Daniel, Peucker, Mario ORCID: 0000-0003-1759-2578 and Sullivan, Helen (2024) Disinformation in the City: Issues, Actors and Responses. Research Report. Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria.

Abstract

The problem of disinformation has grown in prominence in recent years, and cityscapes occupy the frontline in efforts to manage the thorny issues raised by this development. This policy brief considers how disinformation challenges city governance in a democracy. More specifically, it addresses five key questions: What is disinformation? How are cities affected by it? How does disinformation spread in cities? What kinds of responses are cities taking to counter disinformation? What are the cutting-edge questions in this area that we urgently need to know more about? While engaging with these questions, a Policy Brief in this domain of rapid change must have modest goals. To be precise, our purpose in pulling together this brief is to provide a succinct overview of the characteristics of disinformation and the problems that it poses in the city context, and to highlight potential lines of inquiry where more extensive research could make a valuable contribution.

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