Polarized voters. People trapped in information bubbles. Corporations making billions spreading disinformation in order to sell more ads. How do you get heard when calling and texting the same list of contacts has diminishing returns and buying ads isn’t an option? It’s time to think different. What social media platform does your target audience prefer? …
Disinfo requires a rapid, broad spread response. Get talking points to supporters for them to spread the truth and have their messages reinforce each other. A free teleprompter with the script makes it easier and lets them give better press interviews. This blog also includes a live map to check on the latest power outage …
Fighting disinfo? Coordinate a rapid response with shared talking points. Read More »
Study disinformation plays in order to defend against them such as how they are used to dodge questions with counter-accusations, use what-about-ism to justify terrible things and worse.
Fighting disinformation? Use all the tools in your arsenal. Here are eighteen of the best. Disinformation basics Disinformation attacks involve these tactics according to Harmony Square:– Trolling people and deliberately provoking people to react emotionally to evoke outrage– Exploiting emotional language to make people afraid or angry about a particular topic– Artificially amplify the reach …
Fighting disinformation? Eighteen free weapons for your arsenal. Read More »
Disinformation is the new battlefield. Why fight when you can manipulate your adversary into fighting itself? Beware of fairy tales poisoned with disinformation.
“Eleven Republican senators and senators-elect said that they would vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory … to defy the unambiguous results of the election and indulge President Trump’s attempts to remain in power with false claims of voting fraud.” – NY Times They are politicians. But who are the companies that are …
290,000 Americans have already died from COVID-19, yet people protest wearing masks and are skeptical of vaccinations. How does disinformation manipulate people into risky behavior? Who gains from spreading disinformation that might result in avoidable deaths? Why does YouTube spread disinformation? BackgroundThis blog is based on discussions with Dr. Nitin Agarwal at UA Little Rock …
Foreign interference and domestic politics use disinformation to divide, incite. and manipulate. It’s cheap, effective and hard to counter. Learn how to spot it and inoculate others against it too.
