Notes from the keynote address given by Prof. Rohan Samarajiva at the “Cyril Ponnamperuma Memorial International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research 2020” in Kandy on 21 January 2020.
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Notes from the keynote address given by Prof. Rohan Samarajiva at the “Cyril Ponnamperuma Memorial International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research 2020” in Kandy on 21 January 2020.
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Today, LIRNEasia hosted a workshop to launch digital tools created by Watchdog Sri Lanka, funded by GIZ’s Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE) programme. Researchers, practitioners, activists and journalists attended to learn about these tools, and how they can potentially help them in their own lines of work.
Election misinformation poses a credible threat to Sri Lanka’s democracy. While it is expected that any electorate hardly operates with perfect information, our research finds that the presence of an election misinformation industry in Sri Lanka producing and disseminating viral false assertions has the potential to distort constituents’ information diets and sway their electoral choices.
A powerful weapon in a time of global democratic backsliding, election misinformation may undermine democracy via a range of mechanisms. Election misinformation may influence an electorate to cast their ballots for candidates they otherwise might not have on the basis of incorrect information about a country’s economy, the candidates, or some other phenomenon.
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