From voting info to risqué quips, this election, online political ads are more pervasive than ever before.
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We’re already seeing signs of disinformation on social media ahead of the federal election.
Public trust in elections is being targeted by disinformation campaigns around the world.
Twitter, more than other social media platforms, fosters real-time discussion about events as they unfold. That could change now that Musk has gained control of the company.
The Russian Embassy in Canada is active in spreading disinformation and promoting the Russian perspective on the events taking place in Ukraine.
By linking different issues together, organisations show the importance of approaching information disorder as a complex problem requiring various responses.
Putin’s rationale for invading Ukraine wasn’t built over just a few months in 2021. Putin and high-level Russia government staff have been trash-talking Ukraine for more than a decade.
Cyberattacks can be devastating, just not on the battlefield, according to researchers who looked at 10 years of armed conflicts around the world.
Efforts to fight online disinformation often give oxygen to the very things they’re trying to fight.
In China, social media is being censored to reflect pro-Russian sentiment, making it impossible to gauge public opinion of Chinese people on the Russian invasion.
The system behind apps like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp isn’t neutral. It encodes political communication, influencing what users see.
For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the app has been a key point-of-contact for communication with his own people and the rest of the world.
Increased media literacy education and government regulations are necessary to combat fake information on social media platforms.
Government Twitter accounts are dodging restrictions on state-backed media to churn out disinformation.
The Russian government used disinformation to fabricate a justification for invading Ukraine. A new campaign focused on biowarfare claims threatens to escalate the conflict.
The vacuum created by a drop in public trust in mainstream platforms has given rise to new media players who don’t always play by the rules.
Not everyone voicing suspicion of mainstream media is a conspiracy theorist – we need to guard against the far right monopolising the terms of media criticism.
From jamming satellite signals to spreading disinformation, Russia’s military has sophisticated technologies it’s bringing to the battlefield in Ukraine.
Today’s journalism students are less likely to find full-time jobs as professional journalists. The craft has become ‘post-industrial’, entrepreneurial and atypical.
The Canadian Constitution compels a proportionate weighing of all Charter rights against the threat of COVID-19, meaning that individual freedom is not absolute.
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University
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Lecturer in Journalism, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, School of Media and Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University
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Professor of Education and (by courtesy) History, Stanford University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
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Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Instructor in Cybersecurity, Johns Hopkins University
