The murmuration of information disorders : Aotearoa New Zealand mis- and disinformation ecologies and the Parliament Protest. Working paper
Hannah, Kate
The murmuration of information disorders : Aotearoa New Zealand mis- and disinformation ecologies and the Parliament Protest. Working paper Kate Hannah, Sanjana Hattotuwa and Kayli Taylor - Auckland, New Zealand : Te Pūnaha Matatini, 2022 - electronic document (22 pages) ; PDF file
Released 18 May 2022
In our November 2021 public report, The Disinformation Project (TDP) described and analysed the nurture, nature and significant nodes of disinformation in Aotearoa New
Zealand since August 2021. We noted a set of tipping points: shifts from vaccine hesitancy to vaccine resistance, increasingly competing ideas regarding State versus individual rights, and the normalisation of the targeting of individuals and communities with online and offline harassment. We also noted the prevalence of a range of tactics: the use of memetic
material and testimony to spark humour and strong emotion, language usage and genre difference by platform, and overall an increase in dangerous speech.8 These tipping points
and tactics played out with stronger emphasis during the Parliament protest. The Parliament Protest was unlike any other event, process or domestic development studied by
COVID-19
The Disinformation Project
MISOGYNY
PANDEMICS
POLITICS
SOCIAL MEDIA
TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
NEW ZEALAND
The murmuration of information disorders : Aotearoa New Zealand mis- and disinformation ecologies and the Parliament Protest. Working paper Kate Hannah, Sanjana Hattotuwa and Kayli Taylor - Auckland, New Zealand : Te Pūnaha Matatini, 2022 - electronic document (22 pages) ; PDF file
Released 18 May 2022
In our November 2021 public report, The Disinformation Project (TDP) described and analysed the nurture, nature and significant nodes of disinformation in Aotearoa New
Zealand since August 2021. We noted a set of tipping points: shifts from vaccine hesitancy to vaccine resistance, increasingly competing ideas regarding State versus individual rights, and the normalisation of the targeting of individuals and communities with online and offline harassment. We also noted the prevalence of a range of tactics: the use of memetic
material and testimony to spark humour and strong emotion, language usage and genre difference by platform, and overall an increase in dangerous speech.8 These tipping points
and tactics played out with stronger emphasis during the Parliament protest. The Parliament Protest was unlike any other event, process or domestic development studied by
COVID-19
The Disinformation Project
MISOGYNY
PANDEMICS
POLITICS
SOCIAL MEDIA
TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
NEW ZEALAND