The Disinformation Age Podcast
1) Where we go one, we go crazy - a beginners guide to the #QAnon conspiracy
Mike Hind & conspiracy theory chronicler Mike Rothschild discuss the many facets of a Trump-era classic - the 'grand unifying' theory of QAnon
Where we go one, we go crazy - a beginners guide to the #QAnon conspiracy
1:11:55 | Sep 11th, 2019
2) Game on! Quantified motivation & value capture: things we don't notice in online social life
Something about the structures of online social discourse is changing us. Thi Nguyen sees similarities with the gaming world. Plus the 'expert finding' problem and more.
3) Ya basta! - a conversation with Erin Gallagher on digital information pollution in Latin America
Digital disinformation on the social web is not confined to the US and Britain. In this episode Gephi digital social networks visualisation expert Erin Gallagher discusses her findings from Mexico, Ho...Show More
4) #Moggmentum & #FreeTommy busted - plus the power of digital sleuthing
#Moggmentum & #FreeTommy are two hash tags designed to promote and gain support for right wing talking points. But they are anything but organic in their spread.
5) Follow Bot Pro EU
Mike and John discuss the similarities in the tenor, tone and approaches of the pro-European #FBPE Twitter community with those of the earlier pro-Brexit campaign.
6) Trust me, I'm an influencer
Mike and John discuss the use of fake social profiles by non-political influencers - and the wider risks that come with this kind of gaming of social platforms. The reputational damage to real people ...Show More
7) Rhizome theory, Remainers and news pollution
Mike and John discuss the 'rootless' nature of the internet and the difficulties that poses to reaching the sources of information pollution. The explosion of pro-'Remain' accounts on Twitter and the ...Show More
8) 'Look over there!' How the social media giants got a free pass on Twitter during the #techhearings
In this episode Mike and John discuss how the conversation on Twitter unfolded around the appearances of Google, Facebook and Twitter at the so-called 'tech hearings' before representatives of Congres...Show More
9) Episode 5 - fighting for truth in a post-fake news world - interviews from Misinfocon
Fake news may have reached the mainstream, as a story, but experts in the field of combating disinformation are now thinking far beyond that. In this episode we catch up with delegates and present...Show More
10) Episode 4 - Uber and the Taxibots
Mike Hind and John Gray discuss the apparent astroturfing of anti-Uber sentiment by the London taxi industry and reveal a 'pornopolitical' Bot of the Week.