Should a democracy defend itself against disinformation? This paper investigates how thedebate surrounding this issue is conducted in Taiwan during the buildup to the two mostrecent elections, in 2020 and 2024. This is done by a systematic text analysis that categorizesarticles in to two different frames based on the two sides of the ‘disinformation-dilemma’.The material analyzed is newspaper articles from the Taiwanese newspaper Taipei Times thatwere published in the year leading up to the elections and included statements fromTaiwanese politicians on the subject. The results show that disinformation, in 2020, wasframed as a necessary evil, and democracy should not be limited to protect it. In 2024,however, it was framed as a threat to democracy and that measures must be taken to defendit. This provides us with a good understanding of how the Taiwanese debate has looked, andalso changed, over time.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-530184 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Björklund, Harry |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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