To develop these concepts and demonstrate how they illuminate the dynamics of public reactions to terror attacks, some empirical data is introduced drawn from a wider programme of research using social media data to intensively study the af…In what has become an especially infamous episode of mis/disinformation, at around 14.40 on 22 March 2017, rumours about the possible identity of the attacker emerged on social media and were rapidly amplified by news and broadcast media. H…repeated at the start of Channel 4 News that evening, with the presenter stating:
“A source has told this programme tonight that the attacker is a man called Trevor Brooks, better known as Abu Izzadeen, a well-known member of the now disba…
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