Spies Shows Lies, Misinformation and Citizen Control (John, Victoria, and Natalie)

In this episode, John, Victoria, and Natalie discuss misinformation and disinformation in the digital media. The trio dived into how misinformation has become relevant on social media over the course of the past 5 years. They also discussed how misinformation has made its way into the world of politics and how ideological echo chambers and filter bubbles connect to polarization on the internet. Finally, the three explored how misinformation is relevant to the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

Rodrigo (2021) Twitter to label posts with vaccine misinformation

Spies (2020) How misinformation spreads

Spies (2020) Contexts of misinformation

Twitter (2021) Updates to our work on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation