I think this 3-part essay might be relevant to your argument: https://www.e-flux.com/journal/147/623330/society-of-the-psy...
I’ve been recommending network propaganda recently. The book has the data that makes the case better than I can about structural issues in the information ecosystem.
Also started going through this legal essay (paper?) recently, Lies, Counter-lies, and Disinformation in the Marketplace of Ideas
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?a...