Disinformation is fast becoming normalized as part of political campaigns everywhere.  Information technologies are being harvested for their utility in targeting and manipulating opinions often with substantial consequences for civic discourse and the nature of truth.

Join us for a conversation with Professor Phil Howard of Internet Studies at Oxford University about his research on how and why disinformation is being used by political operatives around the world and what the inevitable consequences may be for our way of life.

Guest: Professor Phil Howard

Hosted by: Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle.

Related material:

• Daisy Girl ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDypP1KfOU
• Industrialized Disinformation: 2020 Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation: https://demtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/posts/industrialized-disinformation/
• Yuval Hariri: https://www.ynharari.com/topic/power-and-imagination/