The Disinformation Economy: Digital Markets of Influence, Conflict, and Polarization
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The Disinformation Economy: Digital Markets of Influence, Conflict, and Polarization
Journal:Journal of Marketing Management
Manuscript deadline: 15 September 2026
This special issue examines how platform economies, AdTech, creator monetization, recommender systems, and AI-generated content can fuel disinformation, polarization, and hybrid influence operations. It also looks for solutions that strengthen resilience, improve platform governance, support media literacy and fact-checking, and protect democratic institutions.
Special Issue Editors
Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Hanken School of Economics, Finland
Sofia Ulver, Lund University, Sweden
James Pamment, Psychological Defense Research Institute, Lund University, Sweden
Indicative themes
Whether and how programmatic advertising funds fake news.
How recommender algorithms amplify incendiary content.
How AI-generated content can spread disinformation.
Whether creator-economy monetization rewards polarization.
How influence operations exploit marketing infrastructures.
What interventions can strengthen resilience to disinformation.
Which platform-governance approaches can protect deliberative democracy.
What methods, including OSINT, can be used to study disinformation in AdTech and social media.
Submission details
Manuscripts should be 8,000–10,000 words excluding tables, references, captions, footnotes, and endnotes. Authors must include a Summary Statement of Contribution, follow the journal’s formatting rules carefully, and upload both a full version and an anonymous version through the submission portal. To submit to the special issue, select Research Article, then indicate that the paper is for a special issue and choose the title from the dropdown list.
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