Public opinion

• To understand this information war, we need to understand where and how arguments and ideologies are promoted and developed online.
• But much material relies on the creation of what’s commonly referred to as fake news.
• This often takes the form of fabricated stories published on social media that repurpose or mislabel real photos or videos.
• These are groups who identify the messages they think will change attitudes and amplify them through coordinating social media campaigns.
• The information war in Gaza is a war of values, and a war of behaviours, of establishing who is “them” and who are “us”.
• The danger is that in shaping the view of the public, the information war could have an impact on governments and on the battlefield.

Robert M. Dover does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• The ranking, released by JUST Capital along with CNBC, measures how the nation’s largest corporations are performing on issues seen as critically important to the American public.
• These include supporting workforce training, providing benefits and work-life balance, protecting customer privacy, and combating climate change.
• The top 100 companies – the JUST 100 – are determined by scoring performance across the full range of criteria.
• JUST Capital is an independent nonprofit that demonstrates how just business – defined by the priorities of the public – is better business.

• JUST Capital, along with CNBC, today released its annual JUST 100 list as part of its 2024 Rankings of America’s Most JUST Companies.
• The Rankings measure how the nation’s largest corporations are performing on the business issues that matter most to Americans.
• The top 100 companies – the JUST 100 – are determined by scoring performance across the full range of criteria and comparing companies head-to-head.
• Compared to their Russell 1000 peers, companies in the JUST 100 on average:
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