Market-Oriented Disinformation Research

Digital Advertising, Disinformation and Fake News on Social Media
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-82854-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Marketing

Market-Oriented Disinformation Research explores the spread of false or misleading information online through the lens of marketing theory and consumer research. It examines how the business models of digital platforms and advertising technology firms (AdTech) generate digital markets that incentivize the circulation of harmful content for profit. Rather than viewing disinformation and misinformation as accidental byproducts, the book proposes that they thrive in the current markets designed for digital advertising and influencer marketing.

Readers will learn how the amplification of disinformation can be linked to social media’s business model. Examples include how social media algorithms promote addictive content, how fake news sites use ad fraud to lure in advertising revenue, and how some content creators rely on clickbait, ragebait, bots, and conspiracy theories to boost their engagement metrics.

The book is a must-read for scholars in journalism, media studies, and political communication, as well as policymakers interested in the democratic governance of social media platforms. In addition, it calls for digital marketing, advertising, and brand management professionals to take responsibility for their ad spending by advocating for greater oversight over AdTech intermediaries to prevent unethical actors from monetizing the harmful content that polarizes society and undermines democratic institutions.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International license.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Diaz Ruiz, Carlos

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Marktforschung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Marketing
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management E-Commerce, E-Business, E-Marketing

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Follow the Money: An Introduction to Market-Oriented Disinformation Research 2. The Polysemy of Disinformation: Definitions, Meanings, and Contradictions in Disinformation Research 3. Mapping the Field of Disinformation Research 4. Disinformation Research from a Constructivist Market Studies Perspective 5. Disinformation on Digital Media Platforms: A Market-Shaping Approach 6. The AdTech Ecosystem and Programmatic Advertising 7. A Marketplace for Clicks: The Business Model of Social Media Platforms 8. Echo chambers on social media: Distinguishing between filter bubbles, epistemic bubbles, and structures of strategic discrediting 9. Bots talking to bots: Synthetic Media, AI-generated content, and the “Dead Internet” Conspiracy Theory

Über Autor(innen)

Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Ph.D., is a business academic specializing in marketing strategy, consumer insights, and disinformation research. Dr. Diaz Ruiz is an Associate Professor (tenure track) at Hanken School of Economics in Finland and has been a faculty member at Kedge Business School in France and the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research has been published in leading scientific journals, including the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, and New Media & Society. His current work on disinformation explores how advertising technology firms (AdTech) bankroll fake news and harmful content online.