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While the attention economy is one metaphor to describe social media as a content distribution system, it is woefully inadequate to model policy on. It turns debate about problems exacerbated

I don’t know what happens to academics, but the minute they are put in a room with people who work at tech companies, they are all of a sudden experts

Introducing http://MediaManipulation.Org , a new resource for those working in the field of Critical Internet Studies. We have created a custom theory/methods package for detecting, documenting, and debunking media manipulation and

Remember when everyone thought the internet was a total joke and that people who used it were total dweebs with nothing better to do than read about dumb stuff?Mannnnnnn, I

Welp, we are close enough to the first debate that it’s time to talk about prebunking disinformation.... Prebunking is anticipating what disinformation is likely to be repeated by politicians, pundits,

There is a factual error in this story that we need to discuss as researchers. White supremacists didn’t “learn from Russia.” In fact, US groups have long used the affordances

Lots of people asking me about white supremacists at these protests. Pivot your attention to look closely at what protester are asking for, which includes safe harbor from white supremacy

There are so many lessons to learn about what is and what is not a bot on the Internet. It’s important to know!This CM study made a bold claim about

During a class on zoom, a student cleans his guy with a guest spreader, a US Judge presents. The students in the class a upset. This is zoombombing by hijacking