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Policy Papers: Perspectives on Gendered Disinformation

Digital Rights Foundation (DRF);Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2021), 85 pp.
"Through these mediations on gendered disinformation, and the variety of perspectives that the authors bring, we call into question hegemonic structures of knowledge production. The anthology forces us to call into question the very idea of objectivity, blurring lines between 'truth' and 'lies'. The report contains experiences where women have been harmed equally by untrue information, half-truths and narratives that reflect deep-seated biases rather than deliberate lies. For the discourse on gendered disinformation to encompass all these experiences requires a larger contemplation on what we mean by 'objective truth'. (Contribution of report, page 4)
1 Locating Gender in the Disinformation Landscape / Shmyla and Amna Khan, 1
2 Imposing Narratives on the other: Decolonizing Disinformation / Anmol Irfan, 6
3 Gendered Disinformation: Exploring Mass Media's Role in Intentional and Inadvertent Propagation / Sindhu Abassi, 19
4 The Roots of Gendered Disinformation: A Historical Case Study / Adnan Chaudhri, 35
5 Gossip and Rumor Mongering: Analysing Casual Disinformation from gendered Lens / Hija Kamran and Salwa Rana, 51
6 Fact-Check: Articulating a Feminist Response to Gendered Disinformation / Zoya Rehman, 70