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  • Module 1: A Very Brief History of Information
  • Module 2: The Consumption of Information
  • Module 3: Politics and the Legal Landscape of Information
  • Module 4: The Production of Information
  • Module 5: Information Online
  • Module 6: Organizing Information
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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted a doctored video of the Jim Acosta mic-grab that was shared a couple of hours earlier by the far-right site Infowars

by LIS101 | Nov 8, 2018 | Articles, video content | 0 comments

The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is accused of sharing a misleading video of CNN’s Jim Acosta from the conspiracy-theory website Infowars. A White House intern tried to take the microphone from Acosta during a heated exchange between the...

How a lie about George Soros and the migrant caravan multiplied online

by LIS101 | Nov 2, 2018 | Articles | 0 comments

USA TODAY followed the rapid spread of a social media conspiracy theory about George Soros and migrants that grew from obscurity to the political mainstream. BY: Brad Heath, Matt Wynn and Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY 2:27 p.m. CDT Oct. 31, 2018   This is the life of...

Facebook, Exploited By Influence Campaigns, Tries To Clamp Down With ‘War Room’

by LIS101 | Oct 23, 2018 | Readings | 0 comments

By: TIM MAK With midterm elections just two weeks away, Facebook says it is ramping up its operations to fight disinformation. The social media behemoth has established a “war room” at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., where specialists try to detect...

Russia’s Pro-Gun Influence Accounts Copied The NRA — And Sometimes, Vice Versa

by LIS101 | Sep 21, 2018 | Readings | 0 comments

September 21, 20185:00 AM ET Author: TIM MAK   Russian social media agitators who pushed pro-gun messages in the United States sometimes copied the language of the National Rifle Association. And sometimes, the NRA copied them. What isn’t clear is whether...

Propaganda in Contemporary Society

by LIS101 | Sep 11, 2018 | Blogs, libguides, Research Skills | 0 comments

Propaganda is used to support a narrative in the public’s debate about how the world works, what everything means, and how we should think and act.   In order to create and disseminate propaganda, these are the steps a propagandist might take. Incidentally, I am using...

Pro-Russian Bots Take Up the Right-Wing Cause After Charlottesville

by LIS101 | Aug 25, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Analysts tracking Russian influence operations find a feedback loop between Kremlin propaganda and far-right memes.   by Isaac Arnsdorf   Angee Dixson joined Twitter on Aug. 8 and immediately began posting furiously — about 90 times a day. A self-described...

Study: Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda

by LIS101 | Mar 7, 2017 | Articles, Readings, Uncategorized | 0 comments

By Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, Hal Roberts, and Ethan Zuckerman   THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOOK the foundations of American politics. Media reports immediately looked for external disruption to explain the unanticipated victory—with theories ranging from...

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