Mapping Information Disorder
<p dir="ltr">Mapping Information Disorder</p>
<p dir="ltr">For: Kelly Born By: Claire Wardle Date: June 2018</p>
<p dir="ltr">The two overarching themes that cross-over all the following ‘spaces’ are the international implications and the technology that is needed to research each of them.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The ten spaces are:</p>
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<p dir="ltr">News Credibility: Ensuring quality information sources can be given priority in social streams and search results.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Active Groups: The Trust Project, CredCo</p>
<p dir="ltr">2. Identification of Disinformation Content & Tactics: Monitoring, debunking and sending alerts around specifics types of disinformation appearing. Focusing on protocols for strategic silence</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Groups: First Draft, data & society</p>
<p dir="ltr">3. AI & Manipulation: Researching deepfakes and developing tactics for verifying sophisticated manipulated visual imagery.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Groups: WITNESS, First Draft</p>
<p dir="ltr">4. Manufactured Amplification: Understanding techniques for artificially inflating and distorting public opinion</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Groups: Hoaxy, Data 4 Democracy</p>
<p dir="ltr">5. Closed Online Spaces & Messaging Apps: Researching the patterns of disinformation on closed messaging apps</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Groups: First Draft</p>
<p dir="ltr">6. Media Ecosystems: Understanding how information disorder spreads across platforms and between traditional media (TV, radio and interpersonal communication).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Groups: Media Cloud, Lab for Social Machines, Harmony Labs</p>
<p dir="ltr">7. Data Harvesting, Ad Tech & Micro-targeting: Researching the connections between data collection and targeted disinformation campaigns</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Experts: David Carroll, Renee DiResta</p>
<p dir="ltr">8. Polarization: Understanding the impact of polarization on the ways in which disinformation is used, and made sense of by hyperpartisans.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Experts: Josh Tucker, Talia Stroud, Eli Pariser, Deb Roy</p>
<p dir="ltr">9. Media/Digital Literacy: Researching and evaluating best practices for teaching digital literacy</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Experts: danah boyd, Mike Caulfied, Sam Wineburg</p>
<p dir="ltr">10. Policy & Regulation: Investigating the question of platform ‘regulation’ ensuring it is based on clear definitions and driven by evidence.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Experts: Julia Angwin, Dipayan Ghosh, Tom Wheeler</p>
<p dir="ltr">11. Fact-Checking & Verification: Investigating claims made by official sources (politicians, think tanks, journalists) and Investigating information, images and videos from unofficial sources on the social web</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Experts: Fact-checking - International Fact-Checking Network, Full Fact, Africa Check, Chequeado</p>
<p dir="ltr">Verification - First Draft, Bellingcat, Atlantic Counil</p>
<p dir="ltr">12. Best practices for debunking: Researching and trialling new methods of debunks</p>
<p dir="ltr">Active Experts: TruthBuzz (ICFJ), Research by Full fact, Africa Check and Chequeado and First Draft</p>