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Media researcher and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Alice Marwick (@alicetiara) presents the major findings from her recently published report, Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online. Her talk describes how disinformation campaigns occur following major news events and explains how the far right manipulates stories and narratives to create and disseminate alternative frameworks over the internet.

Messaging, Marwick explains, is often reinforced by repetition; this repetition frequently occurs online within social media platforms such as Twitter. Populist movements rooted in white nationalist ideologies use repetition as a tool to amplify their message across digital platforms and media outlets. Marwick walks the audience through how media manipulation actually works, and provides a broad overview of the strategies and tactics used by the far right.

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To read the research paper by Prof. Marwick, “Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online,” CLICK HERE.