Disruptive Information in Canada
Published on 24. July 2025
256 pages
979-8-7651-3252-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines Canadian news content that references different terms related to fake news and disinformation while providing an analysis of Canadian journalists' views on how to report on fake news and its impact in today's society.
Disruptive Information in Canada presents a discussion on the public's discourses on disruptive information in relation to Canadian issues, as the majority of previous studies are limited to the US or European contexts. It offers unique insight into fake news reporting and discourses in Canada since it examines several main areas like news coverage, journalists' views, advertising, and trolling on social media.
This book offers a new theoretical conceptualization of our post-truth era by introducing the concept of "Disruptive Information" via focusing on news and social media content as well as journalists reporting on these issues. With the use of a mixed methods approach, it provides different insights into this important topic.
Disruptive Information in Canada presents a discussion on the public's discourses on disruptive information in relation to Canadian issues, as the majority of previous studies are limited to the US or European contexts. It offers unique insight into fake news reporting and discourses in Canada since it examines several main areas like news coverage, journalists' views, advertising, and trolling on social media.
This book offers a new theoretical conceptualization of our post-truth era by introducing the concept of "Disruptive Information" via focusing on news and social media content as well as journalists reporting on these issues. With the use of a mixed methods approach, it provides different insights into this important topic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 bw illus
File size
9,00 MB
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-3252-4 (9798765132524)
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Ahmed Al-Rawi
Disruptive Information in Canada
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08/2025
Bloomsbury Academic USA
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Person
Ahmed Al-Rawi is Associate Professor of News, Social Media, and Public Communication at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is also the founder of the Disinformation Project. His research interests are related to news, global communication, and social media with emphasis on Canada and the Middle East. Al-Rawi is also a founding member of the Media & Digital Literacy Academy in Beirut, Lebanon. His new research project which is funded by a SSHRC Insight grant investigates the issues of racism and democracy from the perspective of racialized Canadian journalists, the online public, and news content, partly to understand whether racism negatively influences democracy.
Content
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Canadian News Coverage of Disruptive Information
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Joseph M. Nicolai)
3. Manufacturing Disruptive Information by Fringe Canadian Journalism
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Abdelrahman Fakida)
4. Foreign Disruptive Information Campaigns Targeting Canada
(Ahmed Al-Rawi)
5. The Weaponizing of Disruptive Information in the Facebook Ads Targeting Canadians
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Abdelrahman Fakida)
6. Canadian Polarized Public and Disruptive Information on Social Media
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Devan Prithipaul)
7. Canadian Journalists' Insights on Disruptive Information
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Joseph M. Nicolai)
8. Conclusion
References
Index
1. Introduction
2. Canadian News Coverage of Disruptive Information
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Joseph M. Nicolai)
3. Manufacturing Disruptive Information by Fringe Canadian Journalism
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Abdelrahman Fakida)
4. Foreign Disruptive Information Campaigns Targeting Canada
(Ahmed Al-Rawi)
5. The Weaponizing of Disruptive Information in the Facebook Ads Targeting Canadians
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Abdelrahman Fakida)
6. Canadian Polarized Public and Disruptive Information on Social Media
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Devan Prithipaul)
7. Canadian Journalists' Insights on Disruptive Information
(Ahmed Al-Rawi and Joseph M. Nicolai)
8. Conclusion
References
Index
