Marie K. Shanahan
@mariekshan.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Department Head, @uconnjournalism.bsky.social. Fulbright 🇵🇭. Digital discourse, news literacy, local news engagement, facts.
The world’s most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are infected with Russian disinformation, according to a new study. More than 30% responses are infected with false claims and propaganda.
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/exclusive-russian-disinfo-floods-ai-chatbots-study-finds
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/exclusive-russian-disinfo-floods-ai-chatbots-study-finds
Exclusive: AI chatbots echo Russian disinformation, report warns
Bots from Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and others spew falsehoods.
www.axios.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The world’s most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are infected with Russian disinformation, according to a new study. More than 30% responses are infected with false claims and propaganda.
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/exclusive-russian-disinfo-floods-ai-chatbots-study-finds
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/exclusive-russian-disinfo-floods-ai-chatbots-study-finds
While Facebook does away with automated fact-checking systems that reduce the spread of mis/disinformation, Meta is revamping a program that pays 💰bonuses to creators for viral content, “potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts it once policed.”
www.propublica.org/article/face...
www.propublica.org/article/face...
As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of...
www.propublica.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
While Facebook does away with automated fact-checking systems that reduce the spread of mis/disinformation, Meta is revamping a program that pays 💰bonuses to creators for viral content, “potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts it once policed.”
www.propublica.org/article/face...
www.propublica.org/article/face...
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Trump has vowed to crack down on universities involved in misinformation research, or what he dubs the "censorship cartel" - e.g. by curbing funds to those that have "flagged content for removal”, or legal threats
“I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me.
www.ft.com/content/bfb4...
“I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me.
www.ft.com/content/bfb4...
Donald Trump’s return sends shivers through the anti-misinformation world
Vow to crack down on the ‘censorship cartel’ has researchers worried — and Big Tech is on notice
www.ft.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Trump has vowed to crack down on universities involved in misinformation research, or what he dubs the "censorship cartel" - e.g. by curbing funds to those that have "flagged content for removal”, or legal threats
“I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me.
www.ft.com/content/bfb4...
“I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me.
www.ft.com/content/bfb4...
“[T]he virality of political content on social media (including misinformation) is driven by superficial processing of headlines and blurbs rather than systematic processing of core content, which has design implications for promoting deliberate discourse in the online public sphere.”
People share news articles without reading them about 75% of the time according to a new study. People are especially more likely to share articles without clicking on them when they align with their politics.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MisinfoResearch
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MisinfoResearch
Sharing without clicking on news in social media - Nature Human Behaviour
Over 75% of links to news shared on Facebook during the election seasons of 2017–2020 were forwarded without the sharer first clicking on them. Extreme and user-aligned political content was shared mo...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:27 AM
“[T]he virality of political content on social media (including misinformation) is driven by superficial processing of headlines and blurbs rather than systematic processing of core content, which has design implications for promoting deliberate discourse in the online public sphere.”
Slightly more news influencers explicitly identify as Republican, conservative or pro-Trump (27%) than Democratic, liberal or pro-Harris (21%).
A majority of news influencers are men (63%).
Most (77%) have no affiliation or background with a news organization.
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
A majority of news influencers are men (63%).
Most (77%) have no affiliation or background with a news organization.
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
America’s News Influencers
This study explores the makeup of the social media news influencer universe, including who they are, what content they create and who their audiences are.
www.pewresearch.org
November 18, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Slightly more news influencers explicitly identify as Republican, conservative or pro-Trump (27%) than Democratic, liberal or pro-Harris (21%).
A majority of news influencers are men (63%).
Most (77%) have no affiliation or background with a news organization.
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
A majority of news influencers are men (63%).
Most (77%) have no affiliation or background with a news organization.
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
What I'm reading as we contemplate how to teach #journalism going forward.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/08/m...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/08/m...
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: How experts warn Trump could use an authoritarian playbook to go after the media | CNN Business
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to go after much of the media in his second term, threatening to jail journalists, revoke broadcast licenses and target outlets with a flurry of lawsuits. It’s a...
www.cnn.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:44 PM
What I'm reading as we contemplate how to teach #journalism going forward.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/08/m...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/08/m...