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Information Disorder and Self-Regulation in Europe: A Broader Non-Economistic Conception of Self-Regulation

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  • Hugo Aznar

    (Department of Political Science, Ethics and Sociology, CEU-Cardenal Herrera University, Carrer Lluís Vives, 1, 46115 Alfara del Patriarca, Valencia, Spain)

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Over the past decade, the problems arising from social communication have yet again become burning issues on social and political agendas. Information disorder, hate speeches, information manipulation, social networking sites, etc., have obliged the most important European institutions to reflect on how to meet the collective challenges that social communication currently poses in the new millennium. These European Institutions have made a clear commitment to self-regulation. The article reviews some recent European initiatives to deal with information disorder that has given a fundamental role to self-regulation. To then carry out a theoretical review of the normative notion of self-regulation that distinguishes it from the neo-liberal economicist conception. To this end, (1) a distinction is drawn between the (purportedly) self-regulating market and (2) a broader conception of self-regulation inherent not to media companies or corporations, but to the social subsystem of social communication, is proposed. This involves increasing the number of self-regulatory mechanisms that may contribute to improve social communication, and reinforcing the commitment of those who should exercise such self-regulation, including not only media companies but also the professionals working at them and the public at large.

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  • Hugo Aznar, 2019. "Information Disorder and Self-Regulation in Europe: A Broader Non-Economistic Conception of Self-Regulation," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:8:y:2019:i:10:p:280-:d:274030
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