Spartan Spirit - Best for the West - Episode 9 - The Information Crisis
Our world is inundated with information. Everything you see, read, hear or sense in some way, is a form of information. But, is it fact or fiction? And, how can you tell?
The podcast covers:
· History of information.
· Definitions about the various types of information.
· How we get that information and how we humans interact with information.
· What the research suggests we should do about it.
· What is actually being done about it.
· Journalism.
· What is best for the west in terms of how to manage the information crisis.
Resources:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01634437211040669
Journalism 101 Podcast - Lesson 4: News Literacy | Free Listening on Podbean App
On the nature of truth, and the history of fact checking | Melbourne Theatre Company (mtc.com.au)
The disturbing trend of state media use of deepfakes (theconversation.com)
Asimina Michailidou from U of Oslo, called: Rethinking journalism standards in the era of post-truth politics: from truth keepers to truth mediators
University of Cambridge: You are fake news: political bias in perceptions of fake news - Sander van der Linden, Costas Panagopoulos, Jon Roozenbeek, 2020 (sagepub.com)
https://newsliteracy.wsj.com/news-opinion/
https://datareportal.com/social-media-users
The cognitive foundations of misinformation on science (embopress.org).
Accidental Poisonings Rise After Trump Disinfectant Comments | Time)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0093650219854600
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-021-00006-y#ref-CR195 and
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-021-00006-y#ref-CR195
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051221150412