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Why mixed messaging can erode trust in institutions | The Conversation
by Deborah Perron Tollefsen
1 day ago
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently revised its guidance to acknowledge that COVID-19 can be spread through tiny…
Folk devils and fear: QAnon feeds into a culture of moral panic | Populist Publics
by Jennifer Evans
2 days ago
Using conspiracy theories that include child sex traffickers and restaurants serving human flesh, QAnon has unleashed a modern-day moral panic.…
The Common Room: Managing Political Difference on the Virtual Campus | PEN America
2 days ago
The 2020 general election is unlike any other. Understanding how campuses can facilitate respectful and productive dialogue across political differences…
Where, What, and Who is Digital Public Infrastructure? | Stanford PACS
2 days ago
Imagine living in a society in which most of the land and buildings available for meeting and working were owned…
To Recognize Misinformation in Media, Teach a Generation While It’s Young | The New York Times
by Amy Yee
3 days ago
The Instagram post looked strange to Amulya Panakam, a 16-year-old high school student who lives near Atlanta. In February, a…
We have seen the enemy…and he is us: When engineering culture collides with human rights advocacy online | PCMLP Global Media Policy Seminar Series
3 days ago
In this talk, I explain what happens when human rights advocates try to change computer code, instead of legal code…
The Right’s Disinformation Machine Is Hedging Its Bets | The Atlantic
by Renée DiResta
October 21, 2020
In recent months, Facebook and YouTube have moved aggressively to interrupt the flow of disinformation, in part by banning QAnon…
Americans Plan To Follow Election Returns Closely; Biden Supporters More Confident Their News Sources Will Make Right Call | Pew Research Center
by Amy Mitchell, Mark Jurkowitz, J. Baxter Oliphant & Elisa Shearer
October 21, 2020
Pew Research Center’s American News Pathways project conducted this study to understand how Americans are engaging with and perceiving news…
Knight Public Spaces Forum 2020 | Knight Foundation
October 19, 2020
Knight Public Spaces Forum, hosted by Knight Foundation October 21-22, 2020 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET each day…