Senekal, Burgert (2025) Russian disinformation, Large Language Models (LLMs) and the War in Ukraine: A South African perspective. In: Science and Religion Dialogue, Seminar, 26th February, 2025, zoom meeting.
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This presentation provides an overview and context of two of my previous studies on Russian disinformation. The first study looked at pro-Russian sentiments of readers in the Afrikaans news media, finding that some readers accept the Russian perspective on the war in Ukraine as fact. The second study looked at ChatGPT as a source of information about this war, finding that it is generally trustworthy. Suggestions are also made for future research.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) |
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| References: | 1. Senekal, B.A. and Stemmet, J.-A. 2013. Threats of Communist expansion in Apartheid South Africa: NP claims versus CIA intelligence perspectives in the years 1960 to 1990, New Contree 68, 99-120.
2. Senekal, B.A., Stemmet, J.-A. and Stemmet, K. 2015. South Africa in the international Arms Trade Network (ATN) during National Party rule (1948-1994): A network analysis, Journal for Contemporary History 40(2): 48-70. 3. Senekal, B.A. 2020. An alternative exploration of global political relations during the Cold War in Southern Africa: Modularity in the international Arms Trade Network (ATN) from 1975 to 1988, Politeia 39(2): 1-12. 4. Seekings, J. and Saunders, C. 2022. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the future of democracy in South Africa, The Strategic Review for Southern Africa, 44(1):115–131. 5. Africa Center for Strategic Studies 2022. Mapping disinformation in Africa. Available at: https://africacenter.org/spotlight/mapping-disinformation-in-africa/ 6. Center for Information Resilience 2023. The #IStandWithPutin & #IStandWithRussia campaign in South Africa. London: Center for Information Resilience 7. Seekings, J. and Saunders, C. 2022. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the future of democracy in South Africa, The Strategic Review for Southern Africa, 44(1):115–131 8. Senekal, B.A. 2023. Traces of Russian propaganda narratives in comments on Maroela Media’s news reports about the war in Ukraine, LitNet Akademies Geesteswetenskappe, 20(2):40-67. 9. Senekal, B.A. 2024. ChatGPT as a Source of Information about Russian Military Involvement in Ukraine (2014–Present), Communicatio (50:1). 10. Senekal, B.A. 2025. Querying Google NoteBookLM on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) options to resolve the New Cold War: A preliminary study, Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.1479314. 11. Diesen, S., Karlsen, G., Kosiander, A., Løvik, A. and Nyhamar, T. 2024. Erfaringer fra krigen i Ukraina – læringspunkter etter tusen dager med krig. 24/01299. Oslo: Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt (FFI) |
| ID Code: | 547 |
| Deposited By: | Dr Burgert Senekal |
| Deposited On: | 03 Mar 2025 06:52 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2025 08:31 |
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