title: Securitization of Disinformation in NATO Lexicon: A Computational Text Analysis
abstract: Following the Russian meddling in the 2016 US elections, disinformation and fake news became popular terms to help generate domestic awareness against foreign information operations globally. Today, a large number of politicians, diplomats and civil society leaders identify disinformation and fake news as a primary problem in both domestic and foreign policy contexts. But how do security institutions define disinformation and fake news in foreign and security policy, and how do their securitizat