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Misinfo Weekly
by Michael Simeone and Shawn Walker
Misinfo Weekly is an educational podcast for lay audiences dedicated to understanding misinformation in our time. Every week (mostly) we try to provide some perspective on current events in misinformation. The show breaks down basic and advanced concepts in mis and disinformation, as well as helps track and trace how misinformation events come to be. The show is collaboration between the Information Competition Lab, which Michal and Shawn co-lead, and the Unit for Data Science and Analytics at Arizona State University Library. Show conversations are aimed at late high school and beyond. About your podcasters: Michael Simeone is a Research Professor in the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at ASU. He studies the
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The Sound of Freedom and Summer at the Movies with QAnon
In this episode, we talk about the surprise hit film, The Sound of Freedom. We look at expert takes on the film's presentation of child trafficking, and we also discuss some of the conspiracy theories surrounding the distribution of the movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Twitter's Chief Misinformation Officer: Our final episode of the Twilogy
After some time has passed, we discuss just how much the Twitter platform has changed, and we look forward to how the spread of misinformation in 2024 on Twitter could be very different from what we have seen previously. We cover persons on the platform, moderation policies, and how users are...
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Twitter is Burning: Straining to Validate the Big Lie and Implications for Future Misinformation Events
Misinformation and issues of content moderation go hand in hand. And there are some lessons to be learned from the current Twitter debacle. We go over some key changes in the platform, and we review some of the ways that Twitter may invite future misinformation. We also review some data about...
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The New Twitter under Elon Musk
In this episode, we talk about some early trends and analyses of Twitter under Elon Musk, and we pay particular attention to trends in content moderation, users, and how Twitter stacks up to other platforms during election season. We also think about the cyclical aspects of some social media use....
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After the 2022 Midterm: Day-of Misinformation in AZ, the Role of Surrogates, and the Softening the Ground for 2024
In this brief SNAP episode we discuss the role of mis/disinformation in the 2022 US Midterm elections. While many election deniers were not successful in their bids for election, that did not stop misinformation from playing a prominent role leading up to and on the day of the election in the US....
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2000 Mules: The Election Conspiracy That Won't Go Away
We talk about the resurgence of an election conspiracy film leading up to the 2022 mid-term elections, and we also discuss the changing landscape of misinformation surrounding the election in Arizona and nationwide. Shawn introduces the term "disinfomentary," and we pitch the idea of "Smokey the...
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Parler and January 6th: One Year Later
In this episode, we discuss the impact of the alternative social media platform, Parler, on the January 6th, 2021 attack on the Capitol of the United States. We go through some of the results of our recent data analysis of the archived platform materials, as well as talk about some lessons…
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Rittenhouse on Facebook: How disinformation and white supremacy go together
Recorded before the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, this episode discusses the removal (or blocking?) of any mention of Kyle Rittenhouse on Facebook. Shawn takes Michael to task for confusing censorship with content moderation, and the conversation also explores the relationship between...
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Plandemic 3: The School Board Edition
In this episode, we take a look at why a viral video from an Indiana school board meeting starring Dr. Dan Stock was so appealing to those opposing masking and vaccination. We discuss the method of argumentation as well as some of the evidence he presents, returning to the theme about the limited...
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Vaccine Misinformation From the Perspective of a Family Medicine Physician
In this episode, we discuss COVID-19 vaccine misinformation with Dr. Margarette Shegog, a family medicine physician in Northern California. We walk through the types of interactions she has with her patients and how she approaches discussions of COVID-19 risk vs the risk of COVID-19 protection...
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Vaccine Misinformation and Our Pets with Dr. Bradley
In this episode we discuss the common misinformation surrounding the vaccination of our pets with veterinarian Dr. Kelsey Bradley. We discuss how some of these concerns are similar to misinformation surrounding human vaccines including the dangers/toxicity of vaccine ingredients, vaccination...
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Vaccine Misinformation is Nothing New - Vaccine Conspiracy Theories with Anna Muldoon
In this episode we bring a historical perspective to COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. We discuss conspiracy theories, smallpox inoculations, Victorian misinformation, and their relationship to present-day COVID-19 vaccinations with Anna Muldoon. Anna is an author of a recent book on COVID-19...
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Vaccine Misinformation: Series Introduction
In the first episode of our vaccine misinformation miniseries, we lay out some of the key concepts and themes that come up when we study misinformation about vaccines. These themes continue throughout our subsequent interview series on vaccine hesitancy. Full transcript can be found at...
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Political Psychology with Logan Clark
We interview Logan Clarke from the Global Security Initiative at Arizona State University. In the conversation, Logan goes through some concepts from political psychology that can help make sense of how policy conversations around misinformation and technology platforms often seem to flounder in...
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Did Windmills Mess with Texas? Misinformation about the Power Grid in Texas
In February 2021, a powerful winter storm disrupted the power grid in Texas. Thousands lost power and the state was thrown into a state of emergency. In this episode, we explore some of the misinformation that circulated during and after the power outage, the use of misinformation to frame blame...
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Web archives and the Wayback Machine: a key tool for understanding and even propagating misinformation
Content on the internet is always changing in quiet and subtle ways. Without the ability to track how the internet has changed, it's difficult to get a read on trends in misinformation. In this episode, we interview Dr. Jessica Ogden about the web archiving, and we get her take on important…
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President Trump and Parler Have Been Deplatformed: what are the consequences of giving users the boot?
We talk about the January 6 insurrection, the disappearance of Parler, as well as the responses of platforms to the misinformation that drove it. We talk through the consequences of kicking users off of platforms, as well as discuss the differences between archiving and fact-checking. Episode...
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Vulnerability (Happy Holidays)
We flip things around, and instead of talking about tactics and techniques of misinformation (where we think about creators and senders of content), we talk through the different kinds of vulnerabilities we all face as consumers of that content. We think through individual, collective, and...
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Post-Election: Fox Under Fire and The Migration to Parler
We look at some of the disinformation swirling around the election outcome, and we look at some Twitter trends that indicate a real divide between emerging and conventional news sources for conservatives. We also discuss the viability of the "filter bubble" thesis, and evaluate some claims of…
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Wildfire Disinformation Narratives with Dr. Steve Corman
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Steve Corman, who directs the Center for Strategic Communication at Arizona State University. We go through some published journalism, as well as Facebook and Twitter data, to get to the bottom of the rumors surrounding the west coast wildfires of 2020. We…
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Election 2020 Dis/Misinformation Preview
It's probably foolish to make any predictions at all about the 2020 US election, but armed with our best mis/disinformation metaphors, we give it a try. We inventory all the misinfo narratives circulating before November 3, and we also talk about practical steps and things to look out for when...
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Living with the News: An Interview with Dr. Kristy Roschke
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Kristy Roschke, Managing Director of the News Co/Lab at the Walter Cronkite School for Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. As a media scholar and educator, she offers some perspective on the role of news in our everyday lives, and how...
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The Miserable Case of @sciencing_bi
In this episode, we talk about how a former professor and science equity activist used a sockpuppet Twitter account to gain access and prestige when interacting with academics and professionals online. Key to her strategy was to invent and then impersonate a fictional Hopi scientist working at...
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Health Disinformation: Plandemic and America's Frontline Doctors
We discuss health disinformation via the context of two films that have a very specific purpose and were engineered to deceive the audience. The first one is called Plandemic and the second one is called America's Frontline Doctors. The first one, Plandemic, is much more of a documentary style.…
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asu_covid.parties - the fake resistance
What started as a strange Instagram account inviting ASU students to "COVID parties" and resistance to ASU COVID policies, ended up looking an awful lot like a networked disinformation operation. We talk about the strategy, medium, and consequences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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The Wayfair Conspiracy - how a furniture website became the epicenter of a misinformation event about child trafficking
We discuss the emergence and spread of the QAnon conspiracy theory that online furniture store Wayfair is a front for a child trafficking ring. We also take a look at how misinformation events can be deeply participatory. Transcript can be found in the episode link. Hosted on Acast. See...
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Misinfo, Bots, and Trolls - Some Key Concepts for Misinformation
We scratch the surface on some basic terms and concepts that can be helpful for understanding misinformation events. Full transcript is available in the episode link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Parler and QAnon - is this the new conservative Twitter?
We take a look at the social media platform, Parler, and think through the roles that it plays because of its proximity to high-profile, conservative political figures. We talk about Parler as a way that QAnon is getting more mainstreamed, and it also means we got Parler accounts! Recorded July…
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The Problem with COVID-19 Dashboards
Visualizing data for a pandemic during a pandemic is hard work, but there are some aspects of COVID-19 charts and graphs that invite misinformation or inadvertently give room for conspiracies to have more explanatory value. Recorded June 2020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Who Cancelled Paw Patrol? No One Did!
We investigate the origins of the misinformation about the cancellation of the popular children's show, Paw Patrol. We follow the trail from a handful of tweets all the way to news reports claiming that the show has perished at the hands of "Cancel Culture." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
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Mask Rumors
In this episode, we look through some of the rumors surrounding mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk through their origins and reasons for popularity. Recorded May 2020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Information Literacy Isn't So Simple
We talk about strategies for fighting "fake news," and why they are becoming more and more ineffective Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Misinfo Weekly is an educational podcast for lay audiences dedicated to understanding misinformation in our time. Every week (mostly) we try to provide some perspective on current events in misinformation. The show breaks down basic and advanced concepts in mis and disinformation, as well as helps track and trace how misinformation events come to be. The show is collaboration between the Information Competition Lab, which Michal and Shawn co-lead, and the Unit for Data Science and Analytics at Arizona State University Library. Show conversations are aimed at late high school and beyond.
About your podcasters:
Michael Simeone is a Research Professor in the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at ASU. He studies the
HOSTED BY
Michael Simeone and Shawn Walker
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