Abstract         

One of the wonders of disinformation, is the popularity, which is very quickly generated by the bullies, the manipulators, the users of dyssocial, hypocritic methods and techniques. In this study, we do not only give an overview in the main techniques and methods for generation successful and efficient disinformation methods in view of better fighting the disinformation methods. To be efficient in these fights, it is vital to be aware why these bullies and disinformation actors are becoming so easily that popular. We are able to clarify these basic process of popularity generation by these disinformation producing actors.

Moreover disinformation and critical thinking are phenomena which are very central in all issues concerning communication and cognition. However there are a lot of methods and techniques which are being used for making and producing disinformation, but which are also very important in  ways to avoid, to defeat, to overcome and to limit the impact of the methods and techniques which are being used for making and producing disinformation. Some of those methods or techniques can be very noble in some domains or situations and nevertheless be very dangerous to hamper, to harm people if used to abuse. We think about using and abusing empathy and compassion.

We introduce an overview of a lot of techniques and methods, which are used to generate disinformation. We also indicate ways how to defend against these methods and techniques. The methods discussed are: manipulation methods and techniques, bullying techniques, the mechanism of “fake news” production, based on the 16th century theory and practice of casuistry and probabilism, which are still highly relevant today, the dyssocial methods and techniques, the C and DC fractals, abuse of empathy and compassion.

In this paper special attention is paid to stimulating and training critical thinking and NEG-critical thinking in children, adolescents, adults, seniors and nestors; to grids for detection and assessment of disinformation methods and techniques; to dynamic harmony challenges concerning cooperation  versus self-protection in the face of disinformation challenges (of organizations, individuals, groups). Another challenge is how to exploit and use the assessments of manipulations and disinformation’s in the media, between colleagues, between companies, in wartime…

Keywords       Accommodation, adaptation, assessment, climate, cognition, cognition barriers, C-fractals, cognitive blindness, communication, communication barrier, conflict, cooperation, COVID-19, creativity, critical thinking, Crohn's disease, culture, culture-fractals, cytokine, cytokine-metaphor, cytokine-storm, de-cognition, de-communication,  diversion, dyssocial, dyssocial syndrome, economics, education, endogenous opioids, etymological analysis, euculturalisation, expert, fanatism, fractals, DC-fractals, fake news, gnost, harmony, hypocrisy, hypocrite, Interleukine-6, Kawasaki disease, learning, management, media, macro-thesauri, media wisdom, meme, micro-thesauri, metaphor, NEG-critical thinking, Odysseus, Pascal, pedagogy, philosophy, politicians, politics, religion, sabotage, skills, social media, thesaurus, tunnel vision, validation, Voltaire, war, wisdom.

DOI                https://doi.org/10.57028/c55-049-Z1022

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