Název: Digitální hrozby pro demokracii: Zkoumání komplexit zasahování do voleb prostřednitvím informačních operací nestátních aktérů a jejich propojení s datovým kolonialismem v oblasti globálního jihu
Překlad názvu: Digital Threats to Democracy: Investigating the Complexities of Election Interference by Non-State Information Operations Actors and its Connection to Data Colonialism in the Global South
Autoři: Brannen, Morgan ; Špelda, Petr (vedoucí práce) ; Alì, Antonino (oponent)
Typ dokumentu: Diplomové práce
Rok: 2023
Jazyk: eng
Abstrakt: The integration of data-driven microtargeting techniques in political campaigning has transformed modern domestic and global politics. Contemporary elections cycles are witnessing a surge in attack advertisements, fake news, and data manipulation, fuelled by the emergence of political consulting firms like Cambridge Analytica. These firms, as non-state information operations actors (IOAs), have emerged as influential players with considerable sway over democratic stability worldwide. This dissertation aims to explore the role of such actors in Kenya's Presidential Elections of 2013 and 2017, combining existing research with the concept of 'Data Colonialism'. The study seeks to understand how non-state IOAs engage in digital election interference and potentially contribute to data colonial practices, paving the way for more effective regulation and protection of democratic processes in the Global South. This dissertation used qualitative data from investigations and news reports to thematically analyse the actions of non-state IOAs in the 2013 and 2017 Kenyan Presidential Elections. The findings were then interpreted in accordance with a data colonialism framework to understand the potential implications of digital election interference in the Global South. Through this approach, the study reveals...

Instituce: Fakulty UK (VŠKP) (web)
Informace o dostupnosti dokumentu: Dostupné v digitálním repozitáři UK.
Původní záznam: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/187350

Trvalý odkaz NUŠL: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-538829


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