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Focus Tag: Disinformation Studies
Attempts at Debunking “Fake News” about Epidemics Might Do More Harm Than Good | Scientific American
by Gary Stix
February 14, 2020
Was it a bioweapon from a virology institute? Had it been known before and already patented? Could homeopathic remedies help?…
The Internet Is a Toxic Hellscape—But We Can Fix It | WIRED
by Whitney Phillips
February 3, 2020
This is an argument against nihilism. It begins with me lying on the floor of my office before class. I’ve…
The Misinformation Review | Shorenstein Center
by Shorenstein Center
January 14, 2020
The widespread adoption of digital media and information technologies made it exponentially easier and faster to produce, disseminate, and be…
Twitter offers more support to researchers — to ‘keep us accountable’ | TechCrunch
by Natasha Lomas
January 6, 2020
Twitter has kicked off the New Year by taking the wraps off a new hub for academic researchers to more easily…
The Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: How Russia’s Internet Research Agency Tweets Appeared in U.S. News as Vox Populi | Intl. Journal of Press/Politics
by Lukito et al.
January 2, 2020
The Russian-sponsored Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) use of social media to influence U.S. political discourse is undoubtedly troubling. However, scholarly…
The Reality Game by Samuel Woolley | PublicAffairs
by PublicAffairs Books
January 2, 2020
Fake news posts and Twitter trolls were just the beginning. What will happen when misinformation moves from our social media…
Bing Query Disinformation: Digging Deeper Into Stanford’s Research | MediaPost
by Laurie Sullivan
December 23, 2019
On Friday, I published an article about misinformation running high in Microsoft Bing search queries results based on a study conducted at…
Polarization in the Twittersphere: What 86 million tweets reveal about the political makeup of American Twitter users and how they engage with news | Medium
by Evette Treewater Alexander
December 17, 2019
On Dec. 17, 2019, Knight Foundation released a two-part study analyzing the political dynamics of 86 million tweets. Download part…
Bing’s Top Search Results Contain an Alarming Amount of Disinformation | Stanford Internet Observatory
by Daniel Bush and Alex Zaheer
December 17, 2019
Bing’s importance in the information landscape of the U.S. shouldn’t be overlooked. While its share of the search market in…