New from me 🚨

“Disinformation and Algorithms: Amplification, Reception and Correction”

I contribute to the theory around disinformation and misinformation studies and then carry out a corpus-based analysis of the use of tokens like ‘disinformation’ on Twitter.

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We’re experiencing an interesting phenomenon here:

There is a Pikachu-themed activist in the demonstrations in Türkiye, but the visual used here (and elsewhere) is AI generated. This blending of legitimate and fabricated content further complicates what people can believe online.

I talked about the social and technical factors that contribute to belief in celebrity misinformation to @theathletic.bsky.social/ @nytimes.com and how it’s often family members and people associated with celebrities who end up the targets of false information too. www.nytimes.com/athletic/613...

My blog FakeBelieve had its best ever year in 2024 with 3,151 visitors from 72 countries spanning 5 continents! 🌍

The top countries were the US, UK, Canada, Germany, and the Philippines. I published 5 new posts with some new resources for adults and kids too.

Check it all out at: fakebelieve.blog

Here’s a simple explainer for kids on how to navigate and understand (dis)information online.

It teaches kids how to process information online, reiterating the specific things that they can do when on social media and the wider internet. #DigitalLiteracy

Find it at: fakebelieve.blog/resources/

I thought I'd make a new explainer for my blog
(@fakebelieveblog.bsky.social).

For this one l've focused on hostile-state information operations (HSIOs).

The explainer is available as a PNG or PDF from my blog as a whole, or as individual tiles, here: fakebelieve.blog/resources/

If you’re interested in reading about some of the central concepts and issues surrounding disinformation and ‘fake news’, take a look at the FakeBelieve blog.

There are free-to-access research posts, case studies, and counter-disinformation resources.

More at: www.fakebelieve.blog