{"id":164063,"date":"2022-05-09T14:11:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T14:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belux.edmo.eu\/study-by-edmo-belux-researcher-jonas-lefevere-finds-that-most-flemish-people-consider-disinformation-and-fake-news-an-important-threat-to-democracy\/"},"modified":"2022-10-11T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T10:09:25","slug":"study-by-edmo-belux-researcher-jonas-lefevere-finds-that-most-flemish-people-consider-disinformation-and-fake-news-an-important-threat-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belux.edmo.eu\/nl\/study-by-edmo-belux-researcher-jonas-lefevere-finds-that-most-flemish-people-consider-disinformation-and-fake-news-an-important-threat-to-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Study by EDMO BELUX researcher Jonas Lefevere finds that most Flemish people consider disinformation and fake news an important threat to democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">A recent study by Jonas Lefevere (Brussels School of Governance, VUB) and Stefaan Walgrave (University of Antwerp) investigated the political views of 2,064 inhabitants of Flanders, Belgium\u2019s largest region. The study, called \u2018De Stemming\u2019, is a yearly survey commissioned by the Flemish public broadcaster (VRT NWS) and newspaper De Standaard.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The study finds that most respondents rated \u2018Disinformation and Fake news\u2019 as a substantial threat to democracy: 62% scored the threat of disinformation 6.3\/10 or higher on a scale from \u2018No threat at all (0)\u2019 to \u2018A substantial threat (10)\u2019. Moreover, 14% of respondents considered it a very grave th<\/span><span style=\"color: red;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">r<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">eat, giving disinformation the highest possible score. Compared to other potential threats to democracy, disinformation was considered relatively important regardless of respondents\u2019 party preference \u2013 although small variations were visible.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Moreover, respondents saw several other important threats to democracy that directly relate to the issue of disinformation, including foreign interference in our elections (average score of 5.2, with 9% of respondents giving it the highest possible score as a threat), and restrictions on free speech (average score of 5.4, with 13% giving the highest possible score). So, citizens consider the issue of disinformation, and the broader debate surrounding limitations on free speech, as important challenges to contemporary democracy.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The EDMO BELUX Project will launch a more in-depth investigation on Belgian and Luxembourgish\u2019 citizens views regarding disinformation in the upcoming months. In the meantime, you can find the full study results containing the \u2018Threats to Democracy\u2019 part\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/content\/dam\/vrtnieuws\/bestanden\/20220504_De%20Stemming%202022_Deel2_Stemintenties_Politici_PartijenMedia_DemocratieInGevaar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">here<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-GB\">.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A recent study by Jonas Lefevere (Brussels School of Governance, VUB) and Stefaan Walgrave (University of Antwerp) investigated the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":36729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-164063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-onderzoeksstudies"},"acf":{"show_metatags":false,"id":"","authors":"","organization":"","featured_image_copyright":"","text_copyright":"","source":"","fact_checker":"https:\/\/belux.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/afp_logo.png","fact_checker_logo_image":false,"type":"Gesloten evenement","location":"","start_date":"","start_date_event_begins_at":"","start_date_event_ends_at":"","end_date":"","end_date_event_begins_at":"","end_date_event_ends_at":"","organizer":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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