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  • There Is No Getting Ahead of Disinformation Without Moving Past It | Lawfare

    May 9, 2023

    I don’t believe in disinformation. And it’s time for democracies to stop focusing on it. I’m not saying there’s no such thing or that it’s not bad. I’m saying something […]

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  • Heidi Tworek

    February 8, 2023

    Heidi Tworek is Associate Professor of International History and Public Policy and Canada Research Chair (Tier II) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Her work examines the history […]

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  • Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a look back at yellow journalism and the Spanish-American War | PolitiFact

    April 28, 2022

    Scroll through social media feeds today and you can expect to be bombarded with dubious claims about Russia’s war in Ukraine. Many were created by or on behalf of Russia, […]

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  • Even George Washington was a target of misinformation | Poynter

    February 23, 2022

    While it’s easy to consider President George Washington as a Founding Father from long ago, his political milieu of the 1700s had at least one thing in common with today: […]

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  • Virtual Colloquium on Race, Racism, and American Media | Georgetown University Racial Justice Institute

    February 3, 2022

    This event will explore historic and contemporary racial discrimination in all modalities of modern media. Register Here Georgetown University Racial Justice Institute The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier […]

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  • What 20th century misinformation tells us today| POLITICO

    February 2, 2022

    GETTING YOUR GOAT: Connoisseurs of medical-misinformation tales have probably heard of Kansas doctor John Brinkley. His claim to fame can be summed up very simply: He became rich and famous […]

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  • American support for conspiracy theories and armed rebellion isn’t new – we just didn’t believe it before the Capitol insurrection | The Conversation

    January 4, 2022

    Americans had to confront a new reality when an angry mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021: Some of their fellow citizens were in the grips of a […]

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  • The Poynter Institute’s MediaWise announces international expansion of digital media literacy program to address global information disorder | Poynter

    December 14, 2021

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Dec. 13, 2021) – When the Poynter Institute launched its digital media literacy initiative MediaWise in 2018, the nonpartisan nonprofit set an ambitious goal. Teach 1 million middle […]

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  • “Operation My Fellow Jews:” 4chan’s Campaign to Spread Antisemitism on Twitter | Media Manipulation Casebook

    November 16, 2021

    On Aug. 16, 2019, an anonymous user posted to 4chan’s Politically Incorrect board calling upon fellow 4chan users to impersonate Jewish people online by creating inauthentic social media accounts. In the days that […]

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  • First anti-vaccine movement arose from smallpox mandate in England | The Washington Post

    November 16, 2021

    In the early 19th century, British people finally had access to the first vaccine in history, one that promised to protect them from smallpox, among the deadliest diseases of the […]

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