Dr. Art Hunter, Canadian Club of Rome Board of Directors, explains his smell test for authenticity of an article. “Is this link a conspiracy theory, fake news, propaganda or a […]
How the oil industry pumped Americans full of fake news
The world has known about the dangers of climate change for decades — so why are oil and gas companies still drilling for crude as if there’s no tomorrow? There’s […]
Cory Doctorow: Fake News Is an Oracle
What is it that makes some people vulnerable to anti-vax messages? I think it’s the trauma of living in a world where there is ample evidence that our truth-seeking exercises […]
Media Manipulation, Strategic Amplification, and Responsible Journalism
This is a crib of a talk (30 min read) that Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd gave at the Online News Association conference in Austin, Texas on September 13, 2018. Well […]
Would Twitter Ruin Bee Democracy?
Simple-majority democracy is used by many animals. But they don’t have social media. Did the ancient Athenians invent democracy? Or did bugs have it way earlier than the Greeks? Cornell […]