FBI och hotet inifrån: En kvalitativ textanalys av desinformation som ett säkerhetsproblem
(2022) UNDK02 20212Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This essay examines how the FBI describes disinformation that constitutes a threat to American democracy while also originating within the domestic political system. A starting point is that such depictions reveal how security organizations construct threat assessments in a politically sensitive environment. By comparing depictions of disinformation after the elections of 2016 and 2020, this essay distinguishes underlying ideas on the appropriate way to describe disinformation when the nature and the sender of the security threat changes. Testimonies from and hearings of representatives of the This essay examines how the FBI describes disinformation that constitutes a threat to American democracy while also originating within the domestic... (More)
- This essay examines how the FBI describes disinformation that constitutes a threat to American democracy while also originating within the domestic political system. A starting point is that such depictions reveal how security organizations construct threat assessments in a politically sensitive environment. By comparing depictions of disinformation after the elections of 2016 and 2020, this essay distinguishes underlying ideas on the appropriate way to describe disinformation when the nature and the sender of the security threat changes. Testimonies from and hearings of representatives of the This essay examines how the FBI describes disinformation that constitutes a threat to American democracy while also originating within the domestic political system. A starting point is that such depictions reveal how security organizations construct threat assessments in a politically sensitive environment. By comparing depictions of disinformation after the elections of 2016 and 2020, this essay distinguishes underlying ideas on the appropriate way to describe disinformation when the nature and the sender of the security threat changes. Testimonies from and hearings of representatives of the FBI are analyzed through a qualitative reading where the content is sorted based on how it describes the nature of the threat, the referent object, and the sender of the threat. The study unveils that the FBI’s depictions of the security threat presented great similarities between the elections, which indicates that the FBI maintains an established notion of the threat as based on foreign influence. This effectively excludes the politically sensitive threat posed by domestic disinformation from the narrative that regards major strategic actors. A central challenge and motivator of this study is the theoretical underdevelopment of this evolving threat. (Less)
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- author
- Richter, Johan LU
- supervisor
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- Johan Matz LU
- organization
- course
- UNDK02 20212
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- FBI, desinformation, säkerhetsproblem, idéanalys, dimensioner
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9071078
- date added to LUP
- 2022-03-18 11:00:54
- date last changed
- 2022-03-18 11:00:54
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abstract = {{This essay examines how the FBI describes disinformation that constitutes a threat to American democracy while also originating within the domestic political system. A starting point is that such depictions reveal how security organizations construct threat assessments in a politically sensitive environment. By comparing depictions of disinformation after the elections of 2016 and 2020, this essay distinguishes underlying ideas on the appropriate way to describe disinformation when the nature and the sender of the security threat changes. Testimonies from and hearings of representatives of the This essay examines how the FBI describes disinformation that constitutes a threat to American democracy while also originating within the domestic political system. A starting point is that such depictions reveal how security organizations construct threat assessments in a politically sensitive environment. By comparing depictions of disinformation after the elections of 2016 and 2020, this essay distinguishes underlying ideas on the appropriate way to describe disinformation when the nature and the sender of the security threat changes. Testimonies from and hearings of representatives of the FBI are analyzed through a qualitative reading where the content is sorted based on how it describes the nature of the threat, the referent object, and the sender of the threat. The study unveils that the FBI’s depictions of the security threat presented great similarities between the elections, which indicates that the FBI maintains an established notion of the threat as based on foreign influence. This effectively excludes the politically sensitive threat posed by domestic disinformation from the narrative that regards major strategic actors. A central challenge and motivator of this study is the theoretical underdevelopment of this evolving threat.}},
author = {{Richter, Johan}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{FBI och hotet inifrån: En kvalitativ textanalys av desinformation som ett säkerhetsproblem}},
year = {{2022}},
}