Concept information
Preferred term
disinformation
Definition
- Disinformation is the deliberate propagation of misleading or false information. The term developed within the world of intelligence and international politics, and the Russian KGB first used the word dezinformatsiya, which is likely the origination of the English word. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Disinformation]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/disinformation
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