Media Disinformation

 

MEDIA DISINFORMATION - Why it matters and what to do about it

Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 6:30 p.m. Online

Hosted by Dane County League of Women Voters

In this webinar forum you’ll participate in a lively discussion with our speakers about

• What disinformation is and how it affects our civic lives
• What media changes have led to the growth of disinformation
• How to spot disinformation

Register for link: https://www.lwvdanecounty.org/forums/media-disinformation

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DISINFORMATION DETOX - Teaching Disinformation from Inside the Information Ecosystem  Thursday , Jan. 29 at 11 a.m. Online

From the Media Education Lab

Disinformation DetoxMedia literacy activities often position students as detached outsiders applying fact-checking skills to help them spot dis- and misinformation from a distance. In a landscape of ubiquitous screens, infinite scroll, algorithmic curation, and generative artificial intelligence, fundamental fact-checking skills do not match with the on-the-ground realities of how people encounter, interpret, and share information.

Learn more and register: https://mediaeducationlab.com/index.php/events/disinformation-detox

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STOP THE SCAM - Social Media & Ai-Driven Fraud

January 29 at 3 p.m. from the Alliance for Retired Americans

 Scams targeting older adults are escalating through social media and AI. This webinar will launch the Alliance’s Stop the Scam Campaign, a year-long education and action initiative. Learn how these scams work, how communities can mobilize, and how collective action can strengthen protections. Open to all.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.mobilize.us/allianceforretiredamericans/event/883590/

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Disinformation Nation is an education project of the Freedom Forum Institute, a nonpartisan organization headquartered in Washington D.C., that fosters First Amendment freedoms for all.

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Other resources

• Facts Aren't Enough, Revealing Your Unconscious, and Our Brands, Our Selves from Hidden Brain
• How Data-Fueled Neurotargeting Could Kill Democracy from The Secret Life of Data by Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert
• How to Counter the Far Right's Messaging with Anat Shenker-Osario
• The Rise of the Right Wing Media Machine from Fairness and Accuracy in Media (1995!)
• Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How it Distorts the Truth with author Joe Conason on CSPN (2003)
• The Right Wing Media's Lie Machine from PRWatch (2010)
• The Russian Disinformation Threat: Strategic Goals and Overarching Themes by Alexander Vindman (2024)
• Manufacturing Impunity: Russia’s Use of Information Alibis and How They Materially Contribute to the Planning, Execution and Cover-up of International Crimes from Global Rights Compliance