Author(s): Petr Gongala, Jan Fridrichovský, and Ondřej Havránek, Demagog
Reviewer(s): Beata Gavurova and Václav Moravec, CEDMO
Updated on 16/12/2024
Introduction
- Due to the closed nature of the Czech language area, Czechia has a somewhat insular media ecosystem and disinformation landscape. CEDMO research suggests that the perception of impacts of misinformation and disinformation is high and over a third of the population thinks the country is in the midst of an information war.
- Widespread false narratives typically relate to the impact of regional issues on the Czech Republic, such as Czech support for Ukraine, the effects of EU environmental policies on the Czech economy and the local flow of migrants and refugees.
- Thirty-four years after the transition to democracy and two decades after joining the EU, Czechia is also still dealing with the legacy of communist rule and membership in the Eastern Bloc. On the one hand, false accusations of working for the previous regime’s state police are sometimes used against political opponents. On the other hand, nostalgia-fueled revisionist narratives promote non-factual claims regarding life before 1989 and even denialism regarding the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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