propaganda
Weaning media off its social addiction Paid Members Public
Kicking the social media traffic fix, plus links on the tricks of pseudoscience and the future of media.
Isabel Hilton: what the UK can learn from China's Discourse War Paid Members Public
Isabel Hilton's James Cameron memorial lecture at City's journalism department challenged journalists to rise to the challenge of a global information war
Russia’s trolling operations are effective, but not sophisticated Paid Members Public
Russia’s Troll Operation Was Not That Sophisticated [https://medium.com/the-atlantic/russias-troll-operation-was-not-that-sophisticated-39111b4f1ce4] : > The Russians tracked how well what they were posting was connecting with people. “In order to gauge the performance of various groups on social media sites, the ORGANIZATION tracked certain metrics like the group’s size, the
Social platforms: perfect propaganda delivery tools Paid Members Public
This post by JP Rangaswami resonated with me, because it summed up one of the areas digital seems to have gone wrong [http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2017/10/30/on-platforms-and-sustainability/]: > So is that it? Back to seats and eyeballs, channelled not connected, “audiences” sucking up linear “content”? Back to a time
Defining the real forms of Fake News Paid Members Public
The lovely, lovely First Draft Coalition [https://firstdraftnews.com] has been doing some excellent work in unpicking the roots of the real “Fake News”, before that phrase got co-opted [https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2017/02/fake-fake-news.html]. In particular, research director Claire Wardle has expended on work by Elliot
Trump administration cosies up to client media Paid Members Public
Ah, Media Twitter is all aflutter with this news from the New York Times: > The Gateway Pundit, a provocative conservative blog, gained notice last year for its fervent pro-Trump coverage and its penchant for promoting false rumors about voter fraud and Hillary Clinton’s health that rocketed around right-wing websites.
How the alt-right media machine stole the "Fake News" tag Paid Members Public
This really is a mark of just how efficient and savvy the media machine around Trump is [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-time-to-retire-the-tainted-term-fake-news/2017/01/06/a5a7516c-d375-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html] : > But though the term [Fake News] hasn’t been around long, its meaning already is lost. Faster than you could
Fake news is just the tip of the propaganda iceberg Paid Members Public
Fake news is Facebook’s problem, right? Well, maybe it’s a touch bigger than that. Maybe Google has the problem, too [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/04/google-democracy-truth-internet-search-facebook] : > Are Jews evil? It’s not a question I’ve ever thought of asking. I hadn’t gone looking
