What started as a strange Instagram account inviting ASU students to "COVID parties" and resistance to ASU COVID policies, ended up looking an awful lot like a networked disinformation operation. We talk about the strategy, medium, and consequences. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

What started as a strange Instagram account inviting ASU students to "COVID parties" and resistance to ASU COVID policies, ended up looking an awful lot like a networked disinformation operation. We talk about the strategy, medium, and consequences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What started as a strange Instagram account inviting ASU students to "COVID parties" and resistance to ASU COVID policies, ended up looking an awful lot like a networked disinformation operation. We talk about the strategy, medium, and consequences. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

asu_covid.parties - the fake resistance

Misinfo Weekly is an educational podcast for lay audiences dedicated to understanding misinformation in our time. Every week (mostly) we try to provide some perspective on current events in misinformation. The show breaks down basic and advanced concepts in mis and disinformation, as well as helps track and trace how misinformation events come to be. The show is collaboration between the <a href="https://globalfutures.asu.edu/icl/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Information Competition Lab</a>, which Michal and Shawn co-lead, and the <a href="https://lib.asu.edu/data/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unit for Data Science and Analytics at Arizona State University Library</a>. Show conversations are aimed at late high school and beyond. About your podcasters: <a href="http://michaelsimeone.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michael Simeone</a> is a Research Professor in the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at ASU. He studies the limits and capabilities of data science as well as how ideas circulate in different media. You'll find him on Twitter as <a href="https://twitter.com/michael_simeone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@michael_simeone</a>. <a href="https://shawnw.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shawn Walker</a> is an Assistant Professor of Social Data Science in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at ASU. His research focuses on mis and disinformation and online resistance circulating in social media during social movements, protests, and elections as well as the related challenges of collecting, analyzing, and preserving data from social media platforms. You'll find him on Twitter as <a href="https://twitter.com/walkeroh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@walkeroh</a> and online at <a href="https://shawnw.io" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shown.io</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Misinfo Weekly is an educational podcast for lay audiences dedicated to understanding misinformation in our time. Every week (mostly) we try to provide some perspective on current events in misinformation. The show breaks down basic and advanced concepts in mis and disinformation, as well as helps track and trace how misinformation events come to be. The show is collaboration between the Information Competition Lab, which Michal and Shawn co-lead, and the Unit for Data Science and Analytics at Arizona State University Library. Show conversations are aimed at late high school and beyond. About your podcasters: Michael Simeone is a Research Professor in the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at ASU. He studies the limits and capabilities of data science as well as how ideas circulate in different media. You'll find him on Twitter as @michael_simeone. Shawn Walker is an Assistant Professor of Social Data Science in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at ASU. His research focuses on mis and disinformation and online resistance circulating in social media during social movements, protests, and elections as well as the related challenges of collecting, analyzing, and preserving data from social media platforms. You'll find him on Twitter as @walkeroh and online at shown.io. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Misinfo Weekly is an educational podcast for lay audiences dedicated to understanding misinformation in our time. Every week (mostly) we try to provide some perspective on current events in misinformation. The show breaks down basic and advanced concepts in mis and disinformation, as well as helps track and trace how misinformation events come to be. The show is collaboration between the <a href="https://globalfutures.asu.edu/icl/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Information Competition Lab</a>, which Michal and Shawn co-lead, and the <a href="https://lib.asu.edu/data/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unit for Data Science and Analytics at Arizona State University Library</a>. Show conversations are aimed at late high school and beyond. About your podcasters: <a href="http://michaelsimeone.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michael Simeone</a> is a Research Professor in the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at ASU. He studies the limits and capabilities of data science as well as how ideas circulate in different media. You'll find him on Twitter as <a href="https://twitter.com/michael_simeone" rel="noopener noreferrer">@michael_simeone</a>. <a href="https://shawnw.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shawn Walker</a> is an Assistant Professor of Social Data Science in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at ASU. His research focuses on mis and disinformation and online resistance circulating in social media during social movements, protests, and elections as well as the related challenges of collecting, analyzing, and preserving data from social media platforms. You'll find him on Twitter as <a href="https://twitter.com/walkeroh" rel="noopener noreferrer">@walkeroh</a> and online at <a href="https://shawnw.io" rel="noopener noreferrer">shown.io</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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