A BIBLIOMETRIC REVIEW OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION ANDDISINFORMATION: MAPPING GLOBAL RESEARCH TRENDS
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This study presents a bibliometric analysis of 219 Scopus-indexed publications on government communication and disinformation from 2014 to 2025. The findings show a notable rise in research output starting in 2017 and peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic, when misinformation and the infodemic became major governance challenges. The United States, Spain, and Australia dominate publication output, while China, Malaysia, and India show growing contributions. Citation analysis highlights influential works such as Bennett (2018), Casero-Ripollés (2020), Jin et al. (2020), and Cheng (2019). Keyword co-occurrence mapping reveals four thematic clusters: basic themes (social media, misinformation, fake news, COVID-19, political communication), motor themes (communication strategy, information dissemination, governance, stakeholder roles), niche themes (crisis communication, reputation, media relations), and emerging themes (branding, political marketing, emotion, stakeholder engagement). Thematic evolution indicates a shift from post-truth and political communication toward more strategic and legitimacy-oriented topics such as propaganda, infodemic, reputation, and digital communication. Overall, the findings show a shift toward a more strategic and legitimacy-focused paradigm in government communication research amid increasingly complex information disorders.
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