disinformation
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Brain power
Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it
Disinformation is a plague infecting all forms of media. But efforts to control it abound, and Wikipedia is a good…
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Brain power
Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link
Combating social media disinformation regarding vaccines is critical to reversing the growth in vaccine hesitancy around the world.
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How tribalism makes us vulnerable to misinformation
Tribalism has become a central force in today’s political discussion, especially due to online influence campaigns that leverage this kind…
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The infestation of bots and conspiracy theorists on social media pre-election
Research shows the situation hasn't improved since the 2016 US election, despite attempts by social networks to clamp down on…
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Busting coronavirus myths will take more than science: lessons from an AIDS study
Attempting to defeat these folk theories with science achieved little; the myth busters of the AIDS epidemic were talking past…
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Are you an unwitting mercenary in the dirty Facebook disinformation wars?
There's clear evidence of global disinformation warfare, and the uncomfortable truth is that those who share this disinformation are holding…
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2019’s top 100 journal articles
How much fake news is really shared on Facebook, and who shares it? [Top 100 journal articles of 2019]
The findings of a study of fake news sharing on Facebook have implications for knowledge sharing in organisations, and for…
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2019’s top 100 journal articles
AI can create realistic deepfake videos from as little as one photo, or even artwork [Top 100 journal articles of 2019]
Deepfake videos are a very effective tool for carrying out a number of the dark side knowledge management (KM) tactics.
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A reading list and primer on digital disinformation
An annotated bibliography of research done in the last few years on digital disinformation.
