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Thoughtful and humane article on why sharing memes is fun but bad for you, and the public. They're basically political junk food. quillette.com/2022/07/23/sto…

Stop Sharing Political Memes

They are a doorway into stupidity and misery.

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Replying to @Heritage
Being against fact-checking harms your credibility.
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Twitter users are now waiting more that 60 times longer after clicking links to competitors' websites, such as Facebook, Instagram, Substack, and Bluesky. themarkup.org/investigations…

Twitter Is Still Throttling Competitors’ Links—Check for Yourself – The Markup

Loading links to Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Substack takes far longer than to other sites. We built a tool so you can check any domain you like

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"The advent of automatic, multiple-choice scoring technology has fundamentally shaped American education more than perhaps any other single thing. Now its demise could do the same." This by @matteo_wong is so fascinating theatlantic.com/technology/a…

The End of Scantron Tests

Machine-graded bubble sheets are the defining feature of American schools. Today’s kindergartners may never have to fill one out.

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1/2 Excited to announce: I’ll be at the @TeachPASci on Oct 8-9! Sun: Trilogy of workshops: -Teach Skills, Not Facts: skepticalinquirer.org/2021/1… -FLOATER: Stay Afloat in a Sea of Misinformation: skepticalinquirer.org/2022/0… -Inoculating Against Misinformation: thinkingispower.com/how-to-i…
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There is a war going on in the United States over the future of American democracy and disinformation is the Right's most potent weapon. motherjones.com/politics/202…

Can the media meet the challenge of the GOP’s bogus impeachment crusade?

The Republican plan is to use impeachment to spread disinformation.

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Check out the very diverse collection of historic propaganda that @universityofri students are discovering through their internet research padlet.com/mrobbgrieco1/adve…

Advertising Propaganda

Exploring the Duke University Ad Repository. COM 416 students choose a historical ad to share and analyze -- TO EARN CREDIT, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND THE PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUE IN YOUR POST TITLE.

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nytimes.com/2023/02/14/techn…

Combating Disinformation Wanes at Social Media Giants (Published 2023)

As the companies have shed jobs recently, many teams assigned to combat false and misleading information have taken a hit.

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SF-based @Fiskkit founder @JohnGPettus called 230 “the rock on which all websites that deal in user-generated content are built—they would not exist if people could sue companies for whatever their users put online.” engine.is/news/startupsevery…

#StartupsEverywhere: San Francisco, Calif. — ENGINE

Fiskkit provides users a platform to engage granularly with online content, discuss important topics together, and present accurate, valid, and relevant evidence to counter misinformation on the...

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Totally agree with @jappleby - 99% of times rushing to new platforms makes absolutely no sense for your strategy. Plus, an old mantra of mine: “Don’t go on a platform if you have nothing to say on it.” Read this now instead of regretting it tomorrow 👉 marketingbrew.com/future-soc…
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Foi publicado meu segundo artigo no site do @IC4ML sobre educação midiática no contexto da aprendizagem permanente (de 3). Orgulhoso em fazer parte do board do IC4ML porque essa é uma das primeiras organizações de educação midiática do mundo. ic4ml.org/blogs/midiabox-med…

MídiaBox: Media Literacy as Edutainment - Blogs - International Council for Media Literacy

In the second feature of his Lifelong Learning Series, Board Member Alexandre Le Voci Sayad and his colleagues discuss MídiaBox, a game centered on Media Literacy.

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"5C's of news literacy: context, creation, content, circulation and consumption", Adam Maks from an enlightening session on 'Media Literacy for High Schoolers' organised by @MedEduLab .. @reneehobbs grateful for this initiative.. :)
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CEMP@CEMPBU13 Dec 2022
MEDIA EDUCATION SUMMIT 2023 @SFU with @CEMPBU - Programme is now published: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/… @educatorCWilson @spoyntz @IsabellaRega @karenfw2
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here's my mostly serious but not scientific take on twitter and journalism
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Hurt us if you have to; just don’t help them!! New study finds “that individuals prefer to harm their own group rather than provide even minimal support to an opposing group across polarized issues (abortion access, political party, gun rights).” 🔓 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2215633…
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#Misinformation is making it hard to teach lots of things, including #medialiteracy npr.org/2022/12/01/113968582…
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I believe it’s time to ask why we’re on Twitter now. I loved this platform, albeit I was a relatively more recent adopter. I’m losing conviction it’s ok to be here as security & safety are rapidly falling away globally: washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.” #Colbert
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Breaking news: The EU has warned Elon Musk that Twitter could be banned in Europe unless the billionaire abides by its strict rules on content moderation on.ft.com/3AX3oUM
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