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Good morning! Good morning! It is election day in the US! We made it (though we lost too many along the way). Go out and vote or drop off your ballot if that is an option.
Read our "Choose your own Democracy" comic about misinformation and voting: http://misinfographics.net
Read our "Choose your own Democracy" comic about misinformation and voting: http://misinfographics.net
Since April, we focused educational efforts on civil society. During last week's #Distruptdisinfo action, I interviewed practitioners on #bigiftrue
Opening day with @mediajustice @LionsWrite @AttorneyNora @meggykiki
Opening day with @mediajustice @LionsWrite @AttorneyNora @meggykiki
Tuesday we chatted with researchers Yochai Benkler, Rob Faris, @jonathan_c_ong and @JacquieSMason about "What is a Disinformation Campaign?"
Wednesday we looked at "What is the Role of the Arts in Fighting Disinformation?" Featuring the award-winning artist @comicnrrd, Podcaster and comms expert @BridgetMarie, along with MediaWise's @KABGreek
Thursday included an interview with the crew @ShorensteinCtr, The Technology and Social Change Research Project. We discussed "How to Research Media Manipulation" with @gabriellelim @EmilyDreyfuss @BrandingBrandi and Brian F.
Friday's discussion was a return to the more solid ground we once knew, with a robust reflection on what media justice has done for the ways people connect with media, featuring @aprilaser @stevenrenderos and @RobertaRael:
We all got a little nostalgic!
We all got a little nostalgic!
On election day, it's crucial to reflect on how we got here and understand that media manipulation and disinformation is part of the design of social media. Misinformation extends into our daily lives through technological means: https://www.today.com/video/how-disinformation-infiltrated-the-mainstream-95103557688
Sadly, this does not mean technology companies can undo the burden it has placed on the society. Instead, we need to recognize how crucial social media has become to conducting our everyday lives and work towards regulating the industry: https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/fakenews-2020-73932311
We are overwhelmed by the amazing feedback with our Casebook project, and will be rolling out trainings in January for folks who want to collaborate. https://mediamanipulation.org/
Many hands make light work, thank you to @nico_leaves @jennifer_nilsen @3r1nG @DwightKnell @awendell98
Many hands make light work, thank you to @nico_leaves @jennifer_nilsen @3r1nG @DwightKnell @awendell98
We have also benefited greatly from election related insights from our fellows @hypervisible @jonathan_c_ong and @BrandingBrandi. These folks are uniquely situated to open up new avenues of research on the ways technology impacts different groups.
When @fmanjoo covered our work in @nytimes, it was a honor for the entire crew @ShorensteinCtr, who has gone through great pains to make a home for this research, especially our leaders @nancygibbs & @settiwarren. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/opinion/q-anon-conspiracy.html
We have two amazing new reports out on how communication technology, partisanship, and misinformation circulated throughout the primaries, a collab between @ShorensteinCtr and @BKCHarvard: https://mediamanipulation.org/research
#NetworkedPropaganda
#NetworkedPropaganda
We will return to focus on Meme Wars now that the Casebook is alive (preparing the last mile of that project was tough!)
Read our archive of MWW here (lots of election content): https://medium.com/memewarweekly
Read our archive of MWW here (lots of election content): https://medium.com/memewarweekly
I also wrote a piece for @ssrc_org on MEME WARS 2020. It's not that memes are a new vehicle for political communication, but rather they do something different than traditional campaign communication. https://mediawell.ssrc.org/expert-reflections/who-will-win-the-2020-meme-war/
Now you've got plenty of things to listen to and look at while you hang out in line waiting to do your duty for the country.
Bonus content...
Ever wonder how media manipulation developed as a phenomenon to be studied? Here's my short history: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trolling-for-truth-on-social-media/
Ever wonder how media manipulation developed as a phenomenon to be studied? Here's my short history: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trolling-for-truth-on-social-media/
More Bonus tracks...
Read about how to use the life cycle of a media manipulation campaign to do better research and journalism on Nieman Reports: https://niemanreports.org/articles/a-blueprint-for-documenting-and-debunking-misinformation-campaigns/
Read about how to use the life cycle of a media manipulation campaign to do better research and journalism on Nieman Reports: https://niemanreports.org/articles/a-blueprint-for-documenting-and-debunking-misinformation-campaigns/
Hidden Song...
What could the history of secondhand smoke teach us about misinformation-at-scale in the public sphere? https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/05/1009231/social-media-facebook-tobacco-secondhand-smoke/
What could the history of secondhand smoke teach us about misinformation-at-scale in the public sphere? https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/05/1009231/social-media-facebook-tobacco-secondhand-smoke/
