This list of Publications about disinformation includes books, magazines, academic journals, and other media within disinformation research whose primary focus is understanding, countering, and dealing with disinformation, misinformation, and related topics.
Books about disinformation Disinformation Economy
Political disinformation
Phiri, Christopher (2025). Political Disinformation and the Law: Safeguarding Freedom of Expression in Europe. London: Routledge.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003622314. ISBN 9781041031086
Examples
Psychology of disinformation
Scientific disinformation
, Reprint 2022.
. Silent Spring initially appeared serialized in three parts in the June 16, June 23, and June 30, 1962, issues of The New Yorker magazine.
Journals According to a library guide maintained by the European Commission, the following scholarly journals publish credible disinformation research:
International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Journal of Communication Journal of Democracy Mass Communication & Society Media, Culture & Society Misinformation Review New Media & Society Social Media + Society
A 2022 bibliographic review identified additional journals through quantity of publications
Applied Cognitive Psychology PLOS One Journal of Medical Internet Research
Other publications dealing with disinformation include: Big Data & Society (2014-), SAGE Publications International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence (1986-), Taylor & Francis Journal of Communication (1951-), Oxford University Press Journal of Democracy (1990-2025), National Endowment for Democracy Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, SAGE Publications Journal of Online Trust and Safety (2021-), Stanford University Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (1995-), SAGE Publications (formerly Journalism Bulletin (1924-1927), Journalism Quarterly 1928-1995). Mass Communication & Society (1998-), Taylor & Francis Media, Culture & Society (1979-), SAGE Publications Misinformation Review (2020-), Harvard Kennedy School New Media & Society (1999-), SAGE Publications Skeptic (1992-), The Skeptics Society Skeptical Inquirer (1976-), Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Social Media + Society (2015-), SAGE Publications
Film and television The Power of Big Oil (2022), PBS Frontline documentary The Social Dilemma (2020), Netflix fiction After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News (2020) HBO documentary America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (2020), PBS Frontline documentary Rachel Carson (January 24, 2017) PBS, American Experience documentary The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science (2016), The Real News Network documentary Merchants of Doubt (2014), Sony Pictures Classics documentary Climate of Doubt (23 October 2012), PBS Frontline documentary Heat (21 October 2008), PBS Frontline documentary Fooling with Nature (June 2, 1998), PBS Frontline documentary about Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Countering disinformation Print curricula (9th grade textbook)
(guidelines for journalists)
Online resources Media literacy While many people see media and data literacy as desirable for combating disinformation, they may not know where to find such training.
(data literacy)
(for all grades)
Resources Archives, National Association for Media Literacy Education
"Toolbox of Interventions Against Online Misinformation and Manipulation", Nature Human Behaviour First Drafts Essential Guides (guidelines for journalists)
Safety training for journalists and others Attacks on journalists (including the use of disinformation to harass journalists and put them at increased risk) are increasing worldwide. Safety training is recommended to help people prepare for and respond to such threats. "How to report safely: Strategies for women journalists & their allies", Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas "Online Harassment Field Manual", PEN America "Promoting Journalist Safety"", Foley Foundation (journalist safety curricula) "Safety and resilience for journalists", National Council for the Training of Journalists "Safety Kit", Committee to Protect Journalists "Surveillance Self-Defense", Electronic Frontier Foundation "U.S. Journalism School Digital Security Curriculum", Freedom of the Press Foundation
Safety training for Wikipedia editors The tactics that are used against journalists are also being used against Wikipedia editors. Disinformation attacks on Wikipedia itself attempt to undermine its credibility. Wikimedia Foundation Human Rights Team Publications Human Rights/Digital Security Resources, Meta Wiki Wikimedia Foundation Trust and Safety Resources, Meta Wiki
Games Bad News (video game) Cat Park Cranky Uncle Fake It To Make It Go Viral Game Harmony Square Game Troll Factory Game
See also Disinformation attack
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