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Disinformation isn’t a problem—at least, not in the way we typically understand it.
So then, how do we understand the challenges to inclusive democracy?
The Bulletin of Tech & Public Life asks what comes after disinformation: 🧵
#afterdisinfo
So then, how do we understand the challenges to inclusive democracy?
The Bulletin of Tech & Public Life asks what comes after disinformation: 🧵
#afterdisinfo
@TheoLenoir & Chris Anderson identify two problems with our current disinformation framework: it lacks analysis of power and interest, and fails to see how frequently falsehoods are used to maintain the status quo against the threat of greater equality.
citap.pubpub.org/pub/oijfl3sv/
citap.pubpub.org/pub/oijfl3sv/
@TheoLenoir Or, as @rachelkuo noted, “We can’t fact check our way out of global regimes of white supremacy and racial hierarchies.”
I was supposed to present my and @evoluchico’s thoughts on how the field of disinformation studies could be reformed at the #ica22 pre-conference #afterdisinfo (unc.live/39Motq9)
As I sadly cannot attend, I summarise it here…📝
As I sadly cannot attend, I summarise it here…📝
Disinformation is now firmly entrenched in various academic disciplines & well-funded by various actors. Journalists continue to display a keen interest not least given a multitude of crises which regularly bring the topic back into focus.
This is not necessarily a bad thing. Disinformation studies—the loose assortment of researchers, activists, journalists, & policymakers devoted to the study of the creation, distribution & reception of misleading information—has had positive & negative effects.
