OID Scientific Director – We must tackle the “Western bias” of misinformation and disinformation research

London, March 11th 2025 The Observatory on Information and Democracy (OID) first research cycle has strongly emphasised the need for a more inclusive and globally representative approach to combating misinformation and disinformation. Our Scientific Director, Prof. Dr. Robin Mansell, recently wrote an insightful article that draws attention to this critical issue: the “Western bias” in […]

OID Scientific Director – We must tackle the “Western bias” of misinformation and disinformation research – Interactive Map

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This map represents a statistical summary of the thematic content of the report. The network graph represents relations between the words in the report, placing them closer to each other the more they are related. The bigger the node, the more present the word is, signalling its role in defining what the report or chapter is about. The colors represent words that are closely related to each other and can be interpreted as a topic.

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