Ukvarjanje slovenske policije s problematiko lažnih novic

Rozman, Nina (author), Verčič, Dejan (mentor)

Lažne novice veljajo za potencialno grožnjo funkcijam in ugledu različnih organizacij, zato se z njimi ukvarjajo tudi strokovnjaki za odnose z javnostmi. Še posebej skrb vzbujajoče so oblike lažnih novic, za katere je značilen namen škodovanja. Zlonamerni ustvarjalci z njimi v družbo vnašajo nemir, sovraštvo in druge negativne vplive. Ti so lahko uperjeni tudi proti organizacijam. Slovenska policija je na presečišču obeh vidikov tega pojava – postane lahko tarča lažnih novic, hkrati pa jo, ker je varnostni organ, zadeva njihov vpliv na javno varnost. Posledično se postavlja vprašanje, kako policija v okviru odnosov z javnostmi pristopa k tej problematiki. V magistrskem delu sem zato preučevala, kolikšen delež policijskih sporočil za javnost, objavljenih med letoma 2023 in 2024, obravnava informacije, ki jih je institucija označila kot obliko lažnih novic. Zanimalo me je tudi, katere vrste lažnih novic gre prepoznati v teh sporočilih. Pri tem sem izhajala iz tipologije avtorice Wardle (2017) in konceptualnega okvira informacijske zmede (Wardle in Derakhshan, 2017). Ugotovila sem, da je policija informacije, ki jih je po opisu sodeč mogoče opredeliti kot lažne novice, obravnavala v nekaj manj kot pet odstotkov vseh analiziranih sporočil. Izkazalo se je, da največ primerov iz nabora sporočil ustreza kategoriji dezinformacij, pri čemer prevladujejo informacije z značilnostmi podkategorije sleparska vsebina.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: lažne novice, informacijska zmeda, odnosi z javnostmi, slovenska policija
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2026
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-182390
• Publication date in RUL: 09.05.2026

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The Slovenian police's approach to the issue of fake news

Abstract

Fake news is considered a potential threat to the functioning and reputation of various organizations, which is why it is also addressed by public relations professionals. Particularly concerning are forms of fake news characterized by malicious intent. Malicious actors use them to sow unrest, hatred, and other negative influences in society. Such content may also be directed at organizations. The Slovenian police stand at the intersection of both aspects of this phenomenon – they can become a target of fake news, and as a security institution they must also address its impact on public safety. This raises the question of how the police approach this issue within the context of public relations. In my master’s thesis, I therefore examined what proportion of police press releases published between 2023 and 2024 addressed information that the institution identified as a form of fake news. I was also interested in identifying which types of fake news could be found in these releases. My research was based on Wardle’s (2017) typology and the conceptual framework of information disorder (Wardle and Derakhshan, 2017). The results showed that the police addressed information that could be classified as fake news in just under five percent of the analyzed press releases. The findings further indicate that most of the cases within this dataset correspond to the category of disinformation, with the predominant subcategory being imposter content.

• Keywords: fake news, information disorder, public relations, Slovenian police