Research led by University of Cape Town, South Africa - UCT’s Herman Wasserman leads global study on disinformation

Title:

UCT’s Herman Wasserman leads global study on disinformation

 

Author:

Carla Bernardo

 

Published:

University of Cape Town (UCT), 26 January 2021

https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-01-26-ucts-herman-wasserman-leads-global-study-on-disinformation

 

From the article:

Professor Herman Wasserman from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centre for Film and Media Studies (CFMS) will embark on an international study on the information disorder in the Global South, with funds of approximately R4.5 million from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

The Supply of Disinformation Will Soon Be Infinite

Title:

The Supply of Disinformation Will Soon Be Infinite

 

Author:

Renée DiResta

 

Published:

The Atlantic, 20 September 2020

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/future-propaganda-will-be-computer-generated/616400/

 

From the article:

Disinformation campaigns used to require a lot of human effort, but artificial intelligence will take them to a whole new level.

 

Short Article: You're probably more susceptable to misinformation than you think

Title:
You're probably more susceptable to misinformation than you think

Author:
Darren Lilleker

Published:
Phys.org, 13 January 2020

From the article:
"Online misinformation works, or so it would seem. One of the more interesting statistics from the 2019 UK general election was that 88% of advertisements posted on social media by the Conservative Party pushed figures that had already been deemed misleading by the UK's leading fact-checking organisation, Full Fact. And, of course, the Conservatives won the election by a comfortable margin.

Internet firms such as Facebook and Google are taking some steps to limit political misinformation."

To read this article:
https://phys.org/news/2020-01-youre-susceptible-misinformation.html

Scholarly Article: Libraries and Fake News: What's the Problem? What's the Plan?

Title:
Libraries and fake news: What's the problem? What's the plan?

Author:
Matthew C. Sullivan, Harvard University

Published:
Communications in Information Literacy, volume 13, issue 1, 2019
https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2019.13.1.7

From the abstract:
"This article surveys the library and information science (LIS) response to the problem of fake news and misinformation from the 2016 U.S. presidential election to the end of 2018, focusing on how librarians and other information professionals in the United States have articulated the problems and the paths forward for combatting them. Additionally, the article attempts to locate the LIS response in a larger interdisciplinary misinformation research program, provide commentary on the response in view of that research program, and lay out both a possible research agenda for the field and practical next steps for educators ahead of the 2020 election."

Scholarly Article: Shades of Fake News: Manifestation, Effects and Ways to Combat False Information

Title:
Shades of Fake News: Manifestation, Effects and Ways to Combat False Information

Author:
Alexandru Christian Dumitrache, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

Published:
Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, 21(2), 41-57, July 2019. https://doi.org/10.21018/rjcpr.2019.2.276

From the abstract:
"This paper addresses the complex concept of fake news, presenting its significance and highlighting its different types, from propaganda to news satire; the moderators of the fake news effects and the ways to counter disinformation."