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What Facebook knew about its Latino-aimed disinformation problem | Los Angeles Times
by Brian Contreras and Maloy Moore
November 17, 2021
It was October 2020, election conspiracy theories threatened to pull America apart at its seams, and Jessica González was trying…
Commission on Information Disorder Final Report | The Aspen Institute
by Aspen Digital
November 16, 2021
America is in a crisis of trust and truth. Bad information has become as prevalent, persuasive, and persistent as good…
The Mercury Project | Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
by SSRC
November 16, 2021
The Mercury Project is a global consortium of researchers dedicated to combating the impacts of mis- and disinformation on public…
COVID Misinformation Plagues California’s Indigenous Speakers | North Coast Journal
by Hannah Getahun
November 12, 2021
Ismael Patia and his family arrived at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in downtown Fresno on a recent Saturday afternoon. His…
Covid-19 vaccine misinformation and narratives surrounding Black communities on social media | First Draft
by Kaylin Dodson, Jacquelyn Mason, and Rory Smith
October 15, 2021
Over 75 per cent of US adults have received at least one Covid-19 vaccination. Yet vaccination rates vary widely across…
Call for Papers: Social Media + Society | SAGE Journals
by Sage
October 8, 2021
Call for Papers Political Influencers Special Issue Editors: Martin J. Riedl (University of Texas-Austin), Josephine Lukito (University of Texas-Austin) and…
Facebook’s scandals and outage test users’ frenemy relationship | The Conversation
by Elizabeth Stoycheff
October 8, 2021
When Facebook was down for most of the day on Oct. 4, 2021, did you miss it, were you relieved…
Conspiracy Theories and Political Culture, Past and Present: A Conversation with The Atlantic’s Adrienne LaFrance and James McAuley | Annenberg School for Communication
October 6, 2021
Join Adrienne LaFrance, executive editor of The Atlantic and James McAuley, The Atlantic contributor and author of The House of Fragile Things, a history of Dreyfus-era France,…
The Pen Vs. The AK-47: The Future of Afghan Media Under the Taliban | Shorenstein Center
September 22, 2021
Media in Afghanistan flourished over the past twenty years, with independent, politically-affiliated, and internationally-supported media networks providing local, national, and…