Ep 3 - Misinformation and Disinformation

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Truth, Trust and Democracy

Michelle Ainsworth

8 episodes

5 months ago

Truth, Trust and Democracy is a new podcast series that examines polarization in politics and the media, the spread of misinformation and disinformation via social media and the impact of generative AI in elections. It also examines the role of the media and the importance of digital literacy and civics.

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Ep 3 - Misinformation and Disinformation

Truth, Trust and Democracy

32 minutes 1 second

8 months ago

Ep 3 - Misinformation and Disinformation

Michelle Ainsworth explores how social media has enabled misinformation and disinformation to disrupt democracies around the world.

She’ll talk to digital forensics and disinformation experts, senior journalists, and academics who focus on information integrity.

This episode includes interviews with:

Professor Hany Farid, School of Information, UC Berkeley

Marty Baron, former Editor of the Washington Post and author of “Collision of Power”

Professor Amy E. Lehrman, Director of the Possibility Lab, UC Berkeley

Laura Manley, Executive Director Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University

Associate Professor Michelle Amazeen, Mass Communication, Boston University

Renee DiResta, researcher into online manipulation and author of “Invisible Rulers”

Nina Jankowicz, founder American Sunlight Project and author of “How to lose the information war”

Associate Professor Kelly Greenhill, Tufts University and author of “Weapons of Mass Migration”

Publications cited:

2024 Digital News Report - Reuters Institute

United Nations - Information Integrity

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