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Disinformation campaigns often use a set of rhetorical devices that you can learn to spot, like conspiracy narratives, good versus evil framing, and revealed secrets.
ChatGPT’s interface fueled the technology’s phenomenal rise to prominence. By being good at talking with us, it spoke to us.
The governing ANC’s indifference to constitutionalism has left the constitution vulnerable to opportunistic attack by politicians.
When people are pervasively disinformed, the very foundations of democracy can end up on shaky ground.
When you view photos and video through the fog of war, first ask yourself: Do I really know what I’m looking at?
Even people with years of relevant training can’t always tell whether social content is evidence-based and trustworthy. We need a better approach for communicating research.
We found the number of “big lies” – also known as fake news – didn’t increase in 2023 compared to 2020. But we did spot more “small lies” this time. Here’s what to look out for in coming elections.
AI-generated faces are now readily available, and have been used in identity fraud, catfishing and cyber warfare.
A new study unexpectedly found a way to help people assess social media posts with less bias and more care – pairing them up with partners who have a different perspective.
One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
Whatever approach you take to managing your feeds, remain cautious and sceptical.
Although there was a lot of misinformation during the Voice to Parliament campaign, this is not the first time this has been used as a campaign tactic. Would a misinformation bill solve this
A human rights scholar explains how social media users can take charge of what content comes into their feed and reduce the risk of receiving misinformation.
Deliberately circulated disinformation — big lies — are used to foment Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism, with deadly consequences.
The Voice to Parliament has failed. What does this mean for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?
AI tools are becoming increasingly personalised to cater to our every need. Will outsourcing the handling of information to AI make us ‘dumber’?
One ‘no’ video was reposted more than 10,000 times by WeChat users, while a ‘yes’ video from the Victorian Labor Party was shared only 25 times.
Teaching students how to assess digital content can involve looking for clues about text origins, understanding the process of gathering and assessing evidence and grasping how content is generated.
When sincerity counts as honesty, accuracy no longer matters.
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
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Lecturer in Journalism, University of Sheffield
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Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Associate professor, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, School of Media and Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Education and (by courtesy) History, Stanford University
