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Perspectives for Influence Operations Investigators | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
by Victoria Smith, Jon Bateman, and Dean Jackson
October 28, 2022
As public urgency swells around online influence operations, professionals from sectors including academia, private industry, and the nonprofit space have…
What makes an election rumor go viral? Look at these 10 factors | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Kate Starbird, Mike Caulfield, Renée DiResta, Emma Spiro, Madeline Jalbert, and Michael Grass
October 28, 2022
Reporters and fact-checkers are familiar with the challenges posed by rumors: They tend to be persistent. They are often entertaining.…
‘Democracy on the line’: Brazil’s election and the Bolsonaro disinformation ecosystem | Columbia Journalism Review
by Jem Bartholomew
October 13, 2022
Brazilians will return to voting booths on October 30 to decide a heated presidential race, with polls showing that the…
2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series
September 19, 2022
Beyond Facebook and Twitter: The Impact of New and Niche Platforms For years, Facebook and Twitter dominated scholarly research about…
2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series
September 19, 2022
Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture The Baby Boomers are the largest and most…
2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series
September 19, 2022
Using Social Media to Drive the Political Conversation Social media is a key tool for candidates and lawmakers to share…
Disinformation via text message is a problem with few answers | NBC News
by Kevin Collier
September 15, 2022
The biggest election disinformation event of the 2022 midterm primaries was not an elaborate Russian troll scheme that played out…
New COVID States Project Report: The Dobbs Decision, Support for Abortion, and 2022 Voting
July 26, 2022
A team of researchers from the COVID States Project will discuss the findings from their latest report comparing public attitudes…
Misinformation may only worsen for Black voters in lead-up to election, experts warn | NBC News
by Donna M. Owens
May 5, 2022
Expert witnesses have warned members of Congress that misinformation targeting Black voters and other voters of color is likely to…