Media Manipulation
One of the most dangerous trends of our time: Harnessing the vast new possibilities of the digital age, malicious actors find it easier than ever to disseminate lies and conspiracy theories. With minimal effort and resources they can destabilize whole societies and even influence elections. Read these summaries and learn how they operate, what damage they inflict and how a free and open society can defend against them.
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Society
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As political polarization grows, the arguments we have with one another may be shifting our understanding of truth itself
Mathew Fisher et al.
Scientific American, 2018
Article
Addressing fake news requires a multidisciplinary effort
David M. J. Lazer et al.
Science, 2018
Article
‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower
Carole Cadwalladr
The Observer, 2018
Article
How media coverage misses the mark on the Trump data scam
Yasha Levine
The Baffler, 2018
Cambridge Analytica’s targeting efforts probably didn’t work, but Facebook should be embarrassed anyway.
Antonio García Martínez
Wired, 2018
And why it was so hard to see it coming
Alexis C. Madrigal
The Atlantic, 2017
Twitter's view on what to do about fake news and election meddling
Twitter PublicPolicy
Twitter, 2017
Article
Branching Histories of the 2016 Referendum and “The Frogs Before the Storm”
Dominic Cummings
Dominic Cummings's Blog, 2017
Laura Galante
TED, 2017
The Facts on Why Facts Alone Can’t Fight False Beliefs
Julie Beck
The Atlantic, 2017
