THEORETICAL STUDY

Research on the Infrastructure Construction of Information Work for Dealing with Disinformation

  • Chen Meihua ,
  • Wang Yanfei
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  • Department of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871

Received date: 2021-06-20

  Revised date: 2021-09-08

  Online published: 2021-11-19

Abstract

[Purpose/significance] The dilemma of information fog in the era of big data is a major challenge to national security and development in the new era. How to effectively deal with disinformation is one of important research topics to break through the information fog. In order to effectively play the role of information in supporting national development strategic decision-making, combing practical experience and theoretical methods to explore countermeasures for the establishment of information-work infrastructure to deal with disinformation is an effective breakthrough point to enhance the ability of the information system.[Method/process] Starting from the background of the current "information epidemic", this paper clarified the basic understanding of disinformation in the dilemma of information fog, introduced ecological concepts on the basis of summarizing existing research and case analysis of the United States and the European Union to deal with disinformation, and built an information-work model to deal with disinformation. Finally, it put forward solutions of the establishment of information-work infrastructure to deal with disinformation from the perspective of subject elements and environment elements of information ecology.[Result/conclusion] This paper believes that it needs to strengthen the collaboration among different entities of information governance to deal with disinformation, improve the training level of information talents and the information literacy by the parallel of specialized information education and universal education, optimize the information governance system, develop professional technical tools, improve management and evaluation mechanisms, and finally form an information foundation for effectively dealing with disinformation.

Cite this article

Chen Meihua , Wang Yanfei . Research on the Infrastructure Construction of Information Work for Dealing with Disinformation[J]. Library and Information Service, 2021 , 65(21) : 51 -60 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2021.21.012

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