Thread by @jenmercieca, Last week of class for my propaganda students. Today's topic is whether [...]

Last week of class for my propaganda students. Today's topic is whether or no we can ever debunk propaganda. We're watching this video: Motivated Reasoning in Politics

Political Knowledge Doesn't Prevent Believing in Conspiracy from @BrendanNyhan https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2012/11/05/political-knowledge-does-not-guard-against-belief-

Political Knowledge Does Not Guard Against Belief In Conspiracy Theories | YouGov

When the September jobs reportshowedthat unemployment had dropped to an unexpectedly low 7.8%, former General Electric CEO Jack Welchhelped launcha new conspiracy theory when he tweeted:Unbelievable...

https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2012/11/05/political-knowledge-does-not-guard-against-belief-

False News Spreads Faster that the Truth on Twitter: http://news.mit.edu/2018/study-twitter-false-news-travels-faster-true-stories-0308

Study: On Twitter, false news travels faster than true stories

Research project finds humans, not bots, are primarily responsible for spread of misleading information.

http://news.mit.edu/2018/study-twitter-false-news-travels-faster-true-stories-0308

Russia's Impact on Election Seen Through Partisan Eyes https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/03/09/russias-impact-election-seen-through-partisan-eyes

Russia's impact on the election seen through partisan eyes | YouGov

59% of Democrats are very concerned about improper relations between the Trump campaign and Russia, while 49% of Republicans are “not at all” concerned

https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/03/09/russias-impact-election-seen-through-partisan-eyes

One of my favorite articles: Donald Trump voters: We like the president’s lies https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/03/26/donald-trump-voters-we-like-the-presidents-lies.html via @ddale8

Donald Trump voters: We like the president’s lies

Donald Trump supporters in hardscrabble Ohio have finally figured out that he is lying — a lot. The truth is, they don’t care.

https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/03/26/donald-trump-voters-we-like-the-presidents-lies.html

And this great piece from @page88: Bots Aren’t the Enemy in the Information War—We Are https://www.wired.com/story/social-media-makes-us-soldiers-in-the-war-against-ourselves/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=wired&utm_social-type=earned

Bots Aren’t the Enemy in the Information War—We Are

Bots don’t care what they share, but our very humanness—craving that which shocks and disgusts the most—may be our undoing online.

https://www.wired.com/story/social-media-makes-us-soldiers-in-the-war-against-ourselves/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=wired&utm_social-type=earned

This thread is also a great summary of the direction of my current book project about how we're all propagandists now. I assigned this article for the first reading of the semester: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/12/18/preaching-civility-wont-save-american-democracy/ideas/essay/

Preaching Civility Won't Save American Democracy | Essay | Zócalo Public Square

It’s obvious that our political discourse is broken. People don’t just yell at one another on cable television, they also do it in restaurants, and on

https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/12/18/preaching-civility-wont-save-american-democracy/ideas/essay/

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