Hi there, Social Media + Society journal published a special issue<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20563051231224723> edited by me and Jonathan Corpus Ong (University of Massachusetts - Amherst) on disinformation-for-hire as everyday digital labor, highlighting industries and workers behind disinformation. In our introductory position paper, we argue for greater articulation between digital labor scholarship and disinformation studies. We invite you to read the special issue<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20563051231224723> and spread the word! Here is the table of contents: Disinformation-For-Hire as Everyday Digital Labor Rafael Grohmann & Jonathan Corpus Ong https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20563051231224723 Shadow Politics: Commercial Digital Influencers, “Data,” and Disinformation in India Sahana Udupa https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20563051231224719 “It Was Very Hard for Me to Keep Doing That Job”: Understanding Troll Farm’s Working in the Arab World Marina Ayeb & Tiziano Bonini https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20563051231224713 Authenticity Governance and the Market for Social Media Engagements: The Shaping of Disinformation at the Peripheries of Platform Ecosystems Johan Lindquist & Esther Weltevrede https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051231224721 Downlining Disinformation: How MLM Distributors Use Gendered Strategies for Recruitment and Pastel QAnon Indoctrination Frankie Mastrangelo & Gina Marie Longo https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20563051231224735 “Memes Save Lives”: Stigma and the Production of Antivaccination Memes During the COVID-19 Pandemic Stephanie Alice Baker & Michael James Walsh https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20563051231224729 Whistleblower Memoirs: Deconstructing Data Consultants’ Insider Stories Charlotte Knorr, Margitta Wolter & Christian Pentzold https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20563051231224730 Three Critiques of Disinformation (For-Hire) Scholarship: Definitional Vortexes, Disciplinary Unneighborliness, and Cryptonormativity Jayson Harsin https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20563051231224732 best regards, Rafael Grohmann and Jonathan Corpus Ong -- dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann> Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/> University of Toronto Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/> Principal Investigator, Fairwork<https://fair.work/> Brazil<https://fair.work/> International Experts Coordinator, Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab<https://pwill.eu/>