Report on the Status of Academic Research on Disinformation in the EU
The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the status of academic research on disinformation in the EU and beyond. Here, we present trends and emerging topics in the field of mis- and disinformation research, focusing on research articles published in the year 2024. As per the criteria outlined by Bak, Walter and Bechmann[1], and in line with previous reports, the focus of our systematic filtering process was on academic publications where disinformation (or misinformation/similar topics) was addressed and publications where interactions or experiences with digital media were involved. This filtering process resulted in 160 articles. Overall, Communication and Media studies was once again the most dominant research field, with Twitter being the most common source of data. Spain was also the region with the most investigations once again, and research focusing on detection emerged as the most frequent. The repository with all research articles, from 2015 onwards, can be accessed here: https://edmo.eu/resources/repositories/scientific-publications-repository/