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The Social ChemistThe Psychology of Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories w/ Dr. Joseph PierreSend us a textOn today's episode, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Pierre returns to the podcast to discuss his new book "False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren't True." We explore how confirmation bias has been put on steroids, the democratization of influence in the online world, whether it has made us less or more informed, and whether the excessive consumption of conspiracy theories should be thought of as an addiction disorder. InstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosThread2025-03-2647 min
The Social ChemistThe Weaponization of Disinformation & Its Assault on Democracy w/ Barbara McQuadeSend us a textOn today's episode, I am joined by Barbara McQuade, a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and co-host of the #SistersInLaw podcast, to discuss her 2024 book "Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America,” a book about how disinformation has been weaponized under Trump’s presidency and how to make social media platforms accountable for the disinformation epidemic. We also cover the state of conspiratorial thinking and extremism on the political left. InstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosThreadThe Soc...2025-02-0942 min
The Social ChemistThe People Who Turn Lies into Reality w/ Renée DiRestaSend us a textOn today's episode, I am joined by Renée DiResta, the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a program dedicated to the study of abuse in information technologies, to talk about her new book "Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality" a book that dives into how our information ecosystem has evolved in the 21st century and how health practitioners and policymakers should engage with misinformation on social media. In our conversation, we cover the difference between misinformation and propaganda and the future of misinformation research under Trump's presidency. 2024-11-2450 min
The Social ChemistA New Era in Disinformation: AI Generated Imagery w/ Todd C. HelmusSend us a textOn today's episode, Todd C. Helmus, a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation, joins me to talk about how AI-generated imagery will change how mis and disinformation is created and disseminated. We discussed how effective regulating this technology will be in mitigating propaganda and political extremism and whether it will alter how researchers in fake news understand this issue. Facebook The Social Chemist | Facebook Instagram The Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videos Twitter The Social Chemist | Twitter Substack The Socia...2023-10-1828 min
Lifeslices with Steve FisherLifeslices: Fighting MisinformationBetween books, the Internet and cable news, we’re overwhelmed by more information than ever before. But is that information reliable? How much is misinformation? Or worse, disinformation? Regardless of our philosophical or political leanings, any of us can be duped at any moment. Dr. Rakoen Maertens, a researcher at England’s Cambridge University, joins host Steve Fisher to talk about who's susceptible and what we can do about it.
2023-09-1129 min
Lifeslices with Steve FisherLifeslices: Fighting MisinformationBetween books, the Internet and cable news, we’re overwhelmed by more information than ever before. But is that information reliable? How much is misinformation? Or worse, disinformation? Regardless of our philosophical or political leanings, any of us can be duped at any moment. Dr. Rakoen Maertens, a researcher at England’s Cambridge University, joins host Steve Fisher to talk about who's susceptible and what we can do about it.2023-09-1129 min
The Social ChemistHow Susceptible are you to Misinformation? w/ Dr Rakoen MaertensSend us a textOn today's episode, renowned behavioral scientist Dr. Rakoen Maertens from Cambridge University joins me to discuss the development of the Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST) and the importance of creating metric tools that have high validity in measuring false narratives. We cover what the mainstream media needs to do to regain the trust of a society that has expressed skepticism about their reporting. I also attempt to pitch a game show about misinformation with Dr. Maertens to sell to Netflix. Misinformation Susceptibility Testhttps://yourmist.streamlit.app/FacebookT...2023-07-1938 min
BIBLIOTEKO ZAMENHOFEsKu - Epizodo 32 - Rakoen MaertensRakoen Maertens estas psikologo. Li ĉefe esploras pri falsaj novaĵoj. En ĉi tiu epizodo de EsKu, li klarigas pri la diversaj tipoj de falsaj novaĵoj kaj iliaj rilatoj kun la Esperanta movado.
Rakoen Maertens ankaŭ reprezentas UEA-n kaj TEJO-n ĉe Unuiĝintaj Nacioj kaj Unesko. Li klarigas pri tiu rolo en la filmeto.
(Ne forgesu, ke ĉiuj EsKu-aj filmetoj havas subtitolojn. Ne hezitu uzi ilin).
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Fonto: EsKu - Epizodo 32 - Rakoen Maertens
「𝙱𝙸𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙺𝙾 𝚉𝙰𝙼𝙴𝙽𝙷𝙾𝙵」
2023-05-1400 min