This book explores the pervasive and globalized trajectory of domestic disinformation. It describes specific operations and general apparatuses of disinformation that are sponsored by the State institutions in several countries around the world, such as governments, political parties, and politicians.

Martin Echeverría is Professor at the Center of Studies in Political Communication at Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico. His work has been published in the International Journal of Press/Politics, International Journal of Communication, Journalism Studies, and other leading Ibero-American journals. He is Co-Chair of the Political Communication Section of IAMCR and his latest publication is Political Entertainment in a Post-Authoritarian Democracy (Routledge, 2023).

Sara García Santamaría is a UKRI Postdoctoral Fellow (University of Bristol, UK). Her work has been published in Digital Journalism, Media and Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences Communications and Trípodos, among others. She is Vice-Chair of the Political Communication Section, IAMCR and her latest publication is Cuba's Digital Revolution (2021).

Daniel C. Hallin is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The "Uncensored War": The Media and Vietnam, Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics, and Making Health Public, among other works.

Chapter 1. Introduction. Deceiving from the top: State-sponsored disinformation as a contemporary global phenomenon.

PART I. Theoretical and epistemological underpinnings of state-sponsored disinformation

Chapter 2. Theoretical understanding of State-Sponsored Disinformation.

Chapter 3. Rethinking disinformation for the global South: towards a particular research agenda.

Chapter 4. Statistics and State-Sponsored Disinformation: Understanding the Propaganda War on Numbers.

PART II: Liberal Democracies

Chapter 5. Populist Disinformation: Mapping the Discursive Connections between Online Populism and Disinformation in the US.

Chapter 6. From Tragedy to Oblivion: State-sponsored Disinformation in the Aftermath of the Sewol Ferry Disaster.

Chapter 7. Spanish far-right and environmental disinformation: VOX's obstructionist discourse on the climate crisis on Twitter.

Chapter 8. Combatting and Defeating Chinese Propaganda and Disinformation: A Case Study of Taiwan's 2020 Elections.

PART III: Electoral Democracies

Chapter 9. State-sponsored disinformation in Brazil: distrust and delegitimization of the electoral system through the use of political authority Facebook accounts.

Chapter 10. Citizen's participation on social media against State-sponsored Disinformation during the Pandemic in Argentina.

Chapter 11. State-sponsored Disinformation in Greece: From the Novartis Scandal to the Wiretapping of Politicians, Journalists and Citizens.

Chapter 12. Investing In Fake News? The Disinformation Industry in Kenya's 2022 Elections.

PART IV: Electoral and Closed Autocracies

Chapter 13. Discourses and Policies of Disinformation in Turkey.

Chapter 14. Disinformation under the guise of democracy. Lessons from Hungary.

Chapter 15. Russian Federation's FIMI prior to its Intervention in Ukraine.

Chapter 16. The Genealogy of State-Sponsored Disinformation in Nigeria: Elections, Political Deception, and Governing through the Lens of Post-Truth.

Chapter 17. State-Sponsored Disinformation through Digital Media in Malaysia.

Chapter 18. State-Sponsored Disinformation, Hate Speech, and Violence: Mapping Conceptual Connections through Iran's Anti-Bahá'í Propaganda.

Chapter 19. From censorship to disinformation. Cuba's official discourse on contentious activism.