A thought-provoking newspaper column about a University of Washington professor's troubling findings: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/uw-professor-the-informati...
Quoting briefly from the article:
"Starbird is publishing her paper as a sort of warning. The information networks we’ve built are almost perfectly designed to exploit psychological vulnerabilities to rumor."
"Your brain tells you ‘Hey, I got this from three different sources,’ ” she says. “But you don’t realize it all traces back to the same place, and might have even reached you via bots posing as real people. If we think of this as a virus, I wouldn’t know how to vaccinate for it.”
Pine
Thanks, Pine.
Here's her ICWSM preprint "Examining the Alternative Media Ecosystem through the Production of Alternative Narratives of Mass Shooting Events on Twitter": http://faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Alt_Narratives_ICWSM17-CameraReady.pdf via https://twitter.com/katestarbird/status/848254127289257984
She's also written up a blog post about it: https://medium.com/hci-design-at-uw/information-wars-a-window-into-the-alter...
Really appreciate your sharing this, I hadn't seen it!
-Jodi
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 11:51 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
A thought-provoking newspaper column about a University of Washington professor's troubling findings: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/uw- professor-the-information-war-is-real-and-were-losing-it/
Quoting briefly from the article:
"Starbird is publishing her paper as a sort of warning. The information networks we’ve built are almost perfectly designed to exploit psychological vulnerabilities to rumor."
"Your brain tells you ‘Hey, I got this from three different sources,’ ” she says. “But you don’t realize it all traces back to the same place, and might have even reached you via bots posing as real people. If we think of this as a virus, I wouldn’t know how to vaccinate for it.”
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Hi, just a quick plug to mention our ICWSM workshop on Digital Misinformation, in Montreal the next 15th of May.
cnets.indiana.edu/blog/2016/12/29/icwsm-2017-misinformation-workshop/
A preliminary program is available; and Kate Starbird will be one of the panelist.
Cheers!
G
On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 3:05 PM Jodi Schneider jschneider@pobox.com wrote:
Thanks, Pine.
Here's her ICWSM preprint "Examining the Alternative Media Ecosystem through the Production of Alternative Narratives of Mass Shooting Events on Twitter":
http://faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Alt_Narratives_ICWSM17-CameraReady.pdf via https://twitter.com/katestarbird/status/848254127289257984
She's also written up a blog post about it:
https://medium.com/hci-design-at-uw/information-wars-a-window-into-the-alter...
Really appreciate your sharing this, I hadn't seen it!
-Jodi
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 11:51 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
A thought-provoking newspaper column about a University of Washington professor's troubling findings: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/uw- professor-the-information-war-is-real-and-were-losing-it/
Quoting briefly from the article:
"Starbird is publishing her paper as a sort of warning. The information networks we’ve built are almost perfectly designed to exploit
psychological
vulnerabilities to rumor."
"Your brain tells you ‘Hey, I got this from three different sources,’ ”
she
says. “But you don’t realize it all traces back to the same place, and might have even reached you via bots posing as real people. If we think
of
this as a virus, I wouldn’t know how to vaccinate for it.”
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