Unveiling the Nexus of conflict, communication and media
Meliha Nurdan TaşkıranAs I begin this foreword that I wrote for the ‘media, communication and conflict’ contents we have chosen for the 2023 December special issue of ConnectIST Journal, I note that digitalization, which arises from the association of media with digital technology and becomes increasingly dangerous, is alarming and disruptive to world peace within the framework of manipulative news and misinformation spread.
Especially in uncertain, tense and risky periods, which we can call ‘chaos,’ especially if there is a war situation, media manipulations, news distortions such as agent provocation, propaganda, disinformation, fake news, misinformation, reconstructed and manipulated news and ways of producing news within the framework of conflicts of interest. The increase in all types of media is known to all of us. However, it is the product of the human mind that people get confused in the ‘information pollution’ in media environments. The manipulations created by media tools that cannot keep up with the pace, especially social media platforms, clearly reveal the comprehensive impact of the media as the 5th power on geopolitical landscapes and conflicts related.
