Claire Wardle
@cward1e
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Associate Professor in Dept of Communication at Cornell University. Co-founder @IFL_Brown // @firstdraftnews.
Ithaca, NY
Joined February 2009
"If we keep blaming the technology, we’re never going to own the solution." Read Melissa Bell (always an inspiration for me) - her apology, her explanation of what went wrong at the Chicago Sun-Times, and what she and her colleagues will do next.
chicago.suntimes.com
The summer section was intended to be a supplemental value to our subscribers alongside our own journalism. Instead, it detracted and distracted from our work.
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Terrific NPR story this morning covering our @IFL_Brown @wearemasfl pilot in Florida’s diaspora communities. When we train hairdressers, construction workers, local leaders as Information Navigators, they become powerful arbiters of credible information.
npr.org
As news outlets contract and falsehoods circulate online, researchers want to know if trusted community messengers can help link people to quality information.
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I was asked by @unpeacekeeping & @UNOSAPG to write a report on the overlaps & differences between hate speech, disinfo & misinfo, with a particular focus on conflict settings. Hope it's useful for research, practice & policy. https://t.co/dyRYBJbUjc
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We’ve already seen deepfakes infiltrating the 2024 election cycle. Just how will this impact voters? Misinformation experts @SamGregory and @cward1e discuss what’s at stake. This conversation is part of the WNET series "Take on Fake." @hari
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When we asked diaspora communities in South Florida about their questions & concerns, here is one we didn't expect: "Alexa says there will be no election in 2024" Information inequities breed misinformation vulnerabilities--we explain how in a new white paper with @wearemasfl
🧵 Amid a heated election cycle, it's especially critical that everyone has access to trustworthy info. In a new pilot project, @IFL_Brown & @wearemasfl found significant information inequities affecting Hispanic diaspora communities in South Florida. https://t.co/Ma3IjzUBi8
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🧵Today’s major information challenges are best met by solutions focused on communities. This local approach inspired our first class of Information Futures Fellows. Now, fellows are ready to share what they have learned. #IFLFellows
https://t.co/3cp6nE9oOa
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50 papers. 119 interventions. “There’s no silver bullet to mitigating health misinformation” Great systematic review by @stef_friedhoff @cward1e et al. https://t.co/0z6JaiHB7x
healthaffairs.org
Governments, public health authorities, and social media platforms have employed various measures to counter misinformation that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The effectiveness of those...
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1/ Pleased to share a @globalvoices study looking at narratives of authoritarianism in 20 countries. The work looks at how countries shape information ecosystems to push acceptance of authoritarian practices. [ https://t.co/PVyZFBSV91]
#unfreedommonitor @advox
advox.globalvoices.org
The Unfreedom Monitor is a project to analyse, document, and report on the growing phenomenon of the use of digital communications technology to advance authoritarian practices.
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Many thx to @auditedmedia for supporting @journal_list and our trust.txt system. By engaging ~1,100 media members, AAM is sending a collective trust signal that will elevate dependable news sites and distinguish journalists from misinformation peddlers.
auditedmedia.com
JournalList announced it will expand its Trust.txt program to allow all publishers from its association members to participate in the initiative at no cost.
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Very excited about our first cohort of @IFL_Brown Fellows. They are all people working on these issues every day, so I already know the impact is going to be significant.
We are excited to introduce you to our first cohort of IFL fellows, a group of creative trailblazers coming from diverse communities responding to information challenges in real time. They are boldly creating new approaches to addressing the information crisis.
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Big thanks to @ciaranoconnor, @elisethoma5, @EliotHiggins and @WilliamKilbride for their thoughts on this
technologyreview.com
What happens when the world’s knowledge is held in a quasi-public square owned by a private company that could soon go out of business?
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Huge congratulations to everyone at the @IFL_Brown APAC team (@annekrugernews @estherswchan @stevievzh) for putting together this guidebook on tackling mis/disinformation in Southeast Asia 🎉 Glad to have contributed and excited to see what comes next!! https://t.co/ha6i2SEu9D
🧵 The Information Futures Lab’s Asia-Pacific partner CrossCheck has launched a training booklet for Southeast Asia, thanks to a @UNESCO grant.
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🧵 In the lead-up to almost every election around the world since 2016, we’ve seen the same “zombie” rumors, even some of the same manipulated or out-of-context images and videos circulating. But with the US midterms next Tuesday, we’re likely to see something a bit different.
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This looks really useful. Thanks for pulling it together @IOpartnership
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Applications are open for our new Local Investigations Fellowship! In addition to a resume and clips, we're asking applicants to submit a memo of their investigative story idea or area of focus.
nytco.com
This program is a one-year investigative reporting fellowship to develop the next generation of great reporters to do this essential type of accountability journalism at the local level.
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We’re excited to launch this op-ed series promoting South-to-South knowledge exchange in the disinformation and tech policy space ❤️ we reject having to wait for “the EU model” or whatever for us to advocate for our countries and support fellow researchers and activists 🌟
New op-ed series on disinformation and elections in the Global South. Introduction by @jonathan_c_ong and I https://t.co/82qeTYeZhj
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Please think about applying or share with your networks. The Fellows we're about to announce for the spring are really wonderful.
Job alert: The Fellowship Program Manager in the @Brown_SPH will be part of the Information Futures Lab, a vibrant team charged with reducing the impact of mis-and disinformation, propaganda & online profiteering on the health of people & societies. Apply:
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