Published December 5, 2025 | Version v1
Preprint Open

Disinformation on social media in Latvia (September 2022 – March 2023)

  • 1. IREX
  • 2. University of Latvia

Description

The article examines disinformation on social media (mainly Twitter and TikTok) in the Latvian language to identify the topics and frequency of disinformation, the types of arguments used, and the specific dissemination patterns. A content analysis of 200 posts reveals a disinformation's extensive focus on the politics of Latvia, as well as international events and trends. Furthermore, it shows a lack of argumentation as a regularity, as well as differences between the narratives on Twitter and Tiktok.

Files

Files (281.4 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:1f138fc9d01320b0d32ec49e7d47a786
281.4 kB Download

Additional details

Funding

Latvian Council of Science
State Research Program project "Innovative and inclusive governance for the promotion of public involvement, trust, and communication" VPP-LETONIKA-2021/3-0004

Dates

Created
2023-07-13