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How Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism are manufactured through disinformation

By Jasmin Zine, Professor of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University

In political communication, a big lie — what is known as the “illusory truth effect” — is when the constant repetition of misinformation makes people more likely to accept it as truth.

Repetition is how lies gain traction. The more exposure to specific ideas and tropes that may be false claims, the more likely it is that this misinformation becomes understood as real.

A plethora of fake…

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