Behind Every Good Lie Is a Grain of Truth
Journal: Journal of Information Policy
Year: 2024

Abstract Drawing on the experiences of the 2020 Taiwanese and Moldovan presidential elections, this article develops a framework to better understand whether certain aspects of identity can predict a constituency’s demand for foreign disinformation during contentious election cycles. The model bridges key tenets of Monroe E. Price’s “market for loyalties” metaphor with geographic information system applications to identify areas where a constituency’s willingness to exchange loyalty for disinfor