It's probably foolish to make any predictions at all about the 2020 US election, but armed with our best mis/disinformation metaphors, we give it a try. We inventory all the misinfo narratives circulating before November 3, and we also talk about practical steps and things to look out for when thinking through how to best deal with inevitable arrival of incomplete information, disinformation, or misinformation in the coming weeks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Oct 30, 2020
30 min
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Kristy Roschke, Managing Director of the News Co/Lab at the Walter Cronkite School for Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. As a media scholar and educator, she offers some perspective on the role of news in our everyday lives, and how dramatically our practices around making and reading news have changed. Transcript can be found in the episode link.Information and details for her online course can be found at https://cronkite.asu.edu/news-and-events/news/news-colab-america-amplified-launch-free-online-media-literacy-course See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Oct 15, 2020
1 hr 11 min
In this episode, we talk about how a former professor and science equity activist used a sockpuppet Twitter account to gain access and prestige when interacting with academics and professionals online. Key to her strategy was to invent and then impersonate a fictional Hopi scientist working at Arizona State University. Things got even stranger when she killed her fictional character and blamed it on a poor national and organizational response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This story by Asher Elbein, which includes an interview with Dr. Marisa Duarte, makes some excellent points that merit your attention before tuning in: https://gen.medium.com/the-death-of-a-fake-twitter-personality-reveals-the-systemic-rot-of-academia-19e9c6c9aa9aThis episode was recorded August 7, 2020 at 2:50pm MST. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sep 16, 2020
39 min
We discuss health disinformation via the context of two films that have a very specific purpose and were engineered to deceive the audience. The first one is called Plandemic and the second one is called America's Frontline Doctors. The first one, Plandemic, is much more of a documentary style. The second, America's Frontline Doctors, comes in the form of a live stream event with doctors in white coats standing on the steps of the US Supreme Court. We discuss how both films use strong visual imagery to evoke emotional reactions and recirculate/re-purpose misinformation from anti-vax communities.This episode was recorded on July 31, 2020 at 3:47pm MST. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sep 16, 2020
58 min
What started as a strange Instagram account inviting ASU students to "COVID parties" and resistance to ASU COVID policies, ended up looking an awful lot like a networked disinformation operation. We talk about the strategy, medium, and consequences. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sep 4, 2020
49 min
We discuss the emergence and spread of the QAnon conspiracy theory that online furniture store Wayfair is a front for a child trafficking ring. We also take a look at how misinformation events can be deeply participatory. Transcript can be found in the episode link. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Aug 27, 2020
39 min
We scratch the surface on some basic terms and concepts that can be helpful for understanding misinformation events. Full transcript is available in the episode link. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Aug 20, 2020
56 min
We take a look at the social media platform, Parler, and think through the roles that it plays because of its proximity to high-profile, conservative political figures. We talk about Parler as a way that QAnon is getting more mainstreamed, and it also means we got Parler accounts! Recorded July 31, 2020. A transcript of the podcast is available via the episode link.. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Aug 13, 2020
47 min
Visualizing data for a pandemic during a pandemic is hard work, but there are some aspects of COVID-19 charts and graphs that invite misinformation or inadvertently give room for conspiracies to have more explanatory value. Recorded June 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Aug 1, 2020
44 min
We investigate the origins of the misinformation about the cancellation of the popular children's show, Paw Patrol. We follow the trail from a handful of tweets all the way to news reports claiming that the show has perished at the hands of "Cancel Culture." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Aug 1, 2020
27 min
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