Thread by @cjtenove

Tremendous thanks to @prof_vaccari and @mlmillerphd for shepherding my article and others as part of this great special issue by #IJPP on "Digital Threats to Democracy"- available #OpenAccess this week! (1/n)

https://twitter.com/prof_vaccari/status/1265544919579582465

My article surveys policy proposals and debates in 10 countries and the EU, and shows how different democratic goods are the focus of different policy sectors: national security, electoral regulation, and media regulation (2/n)

Its spark was a workshop with @HeidiTworek @mckelveyf and the @ppforumca in 2018. We had int’l experts and Cdn gov officials do tabletop simulations to respond to disinfo attacks. It led to our report on Cdn policy options for harmful speech ppforum.ca/publications/p…. (3/n)

As a part-time democratic theorist, I wanted to understand the different conceptions of democracy at stake in global debates over disinfo policy. A problem: a new policy or expert study seems to come every 36 hours. Did I miss some? Undoubtedly! (4/n)

Time for shout-outs! I can’t praise @prof_vaccari and the #IJPP team enough, including for finding the most thoughtful set of peer reviewers I’ve ever had.
Thanks also for feedback from @mckayspencer @JordanBuffie @robyncaplan, and support from @peterwklein @SSHRC_CRSH (5/n)

There are a few articles at the intersection of democratic theory, disinfo and disrupted public spheres that I think deserve more attention.
"Common-Knowledge Attacks on Demoracy" by @henryfarrell and @schneierblog (6/n)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Jen Forestal's "Beyond Gatekeeping: Propaganda, Democracy, and the Organization of Digital Publics" (7/n) @seejenspeak journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

"On Digital Disinformation and Democratic Myths" by @davekarpf for #MediaWell by @SSRC_mtp
mediawell.ssrc.org/expert-reflect… (8/n)

"The unedited public sphere" by @BruceBimber_yu and Homero Gil de Zúñiga
@_HGZ_
doi.org/10.1177/146144… (9/n)

And lastly, if you're looking to do comparative work on responding to disinformation, I highly recommend "Information Manipulation: A Challenge for Our Democracies" by @jeangene_vilme and his @IRSEM1 team (10/n)
diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/inform…

"Disinformation and Propaganda – Impact on the Functioning of the Rule of Law in the EU and its Member States" by @JuditBayer & colleagues for the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… (11/n)

And of course, the great article by @EddaHumprecht
@esserfrank_ and @petervanaels in #IJPP "Resilience to Online Disinformation: A Framework for Cross-National Comparative Research" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… (12/12)