Big Data

Aleksander Żołnierski / Dariusz Jaruga (eds.)

Big Data Post-Truth and Disinformation in Politics and Economy

Berlin - Bruxelles - Chennai - Lausanne - New York - Oxford

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Aleksander Żołnierski - Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Dariusz Jaruga - Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw

The publication leading to the described results was carried out as part of the project “Identification, Collecting and evaluation of hostile disinformation operations in cyberspace (ICON)” co-financed by The National Centre for Research and Development within the Scientific Research and Development Program “CyberSecIdent - Cybersecurity and e-Identity”. Beneficiaries: Centre for Refining Information and the University of Warsaw. Total value of the project: 8.230.856 PLN; co-financing value: 6.605.669 PLN. Agreement number: CYBERSECIDENT/489281/IV/NCBR/2021. Completion period: 01/09/2021 – 31/03/2025.

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ISSN 2199-028X

ISBN 978-3-631-92243-9 (Print)

E-ISBN 978-3-631-92760-1 (E-Book)

E-ISBN 978-3-631-92761-8 (E-PUB)

DOI 10.3726/b22416

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About the editors

Aleksander Żołnierski has over 20 years of professional experience in the private and public sectors, coupled with strong academic activity. He is involved in advisory projects, applying knowledge from research on innovation, communication and social capital in practice. He is engaged in business-related organizations and has successfully applied academic and R&D knowledge to economic practice.

Dariusz Jaruga holds a PhD in social sciences in the field of social communication and media. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechatronics at the Warsaw University of Technology. He is the author of publications on obtaining useful information from large big data databases. In his research, he applies his own software; he is also an active programmer and IT systems administrator. Since 2002, he has conducted classes on the practical applications of the current IT technologies. He is a co-founder of the ‘Big Data Management’ and ‘Cybersecurity’ study programmes at the University of Warsaw.

About the book

In recent years, the application of artificial intelligence and big data analysis has become increasingly common, including in areas related to security and cybersecurity. The use of artificial intelligence and advanced big data analysis tools has enabled new critical perspectives on many different areas of the world around us. The purpose of this volume is to present the perspectives of researchers, experts and scientists, who are concerned with the problem of the distortion of reality by the authors of false narratives.

The book focuses primarily on security matters, issues demanded by the international political and economic situation. Disinformation is a tool of hybrid war, shaping the social and economic environment long before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since February 2022, the issues of post-truth, fake news, and disinformation have taken on additional gravity.

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Introduction

What we offer to readers here is the next publication on big data and the use of artificial intelligence in the practice of science, economy and politics. This time our monograph focuses primarily on security matters, issues that are demanded by the international political and economic situation. Disinformation is a tool of hybrid war, shaping the social and economic environment long before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since February 2022, the issues of post-truth, fake news or disinformation have taken on an additional gravity.

The monograph is a result of the collaboration of scholars and experts from many academic centres and organisations, both domestic and international. The richness of the subjects addressed was achieved by inviting specialists from the University of Warsaw, the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the University of Silesia, the Gdańsk Medical University, the Faculty of Cybernetics of the Military Academy of Technology, the University of Technology and Economics in Warsaw, the Karkonosze University of Applied Sciences and the Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University (Ukraine) to participate in the project.