Novel technologies and Geopolitical Strategies: Disinformation Narratives in the Countries of the Visegrád Group

Abstract In the current media environment of growing information disorder and social platforms emerging as primary news sources, creation spread disinformation is becoming increasingly easy cost-effective. The projection strategic narratives through campaigns an important geopolitical tool in global competition for power status. We have analysed close to 1,000 individual pieces from more than 60 different online sources containing disinformation, which originally appeared one V4 languages, using a natural language processing algorithm. assessed frequency recurring themes within articles their relationship structure, see whether consistent were be found among them. Through analysis charting, we been able uncover storylines connected ten overarching narratives. also exposed five key meta-narratives present all Visegrád Countries, fed into coherent system beliefs, such envisioned collapse European Union or establishment Neo-Atlantism, would permanently divide continent.