DOMINOES Glossary

It refers to the tendency for individuals with a strong preexisting attitudes or beliefs on an issue to perceive media coverage as biased against their side and in favor of their antagonists´ point of view. Partisans from opposite sides of an issue will tend to find the same coverage to be biased against them

While definitions of hybrid threats vary and need to remain flexible to respond to their evolving nature, the concept aims to capture the mixture of coercive and subversive activity, conventional and unconventional methods (i.e. diplomatic, military, economic, technological), which can be used in a coordinated manner by state or non-state actors to achieve specific objectives while remaining below the threshold of formally declared warfare. There is usually an emphasis on exploiting the vulnerabilities of the target and on generating ambiguity to hinder decision-making processes. Massive disinformation campaigns, using social media to control the political narrative or to radicalise, recruit and direct proxy actors can be vehicles for hybrid threats. European Commission

A type of narrative presentation which forces the audience to repeatedly engage with ever-evolving, interwoven, complicated plots – a strategy which may be used to confuse the reader

Incitement to terrorism, xenophobic and racist speech that publicly incites hatred and violence, as well as child sexual abuse material are illegal in the European Union

The rapid spread of false, inaccurate or misleading information about the pandemic – has posed substantial risks to personal health, public health systems, effective crisis management, the economy and social cohesion

How the information is structured on the website

Ease of navigation, and interaction with the source as well as the user interface

Field of study that allows computers to learn without the need to be programmed

Popular or wide-accepted, traditional

The ability to:

●        decode and understand media messages (including the political and economic ecosystems in which they are produced and exist);

●        assess the influence of those messages on human beliefs, feelings, and behaviours;