New Op-Ed in Wired on Misleading Research on Disinformation
Dear Colleagues, I am just sharing an article I published today in Wired. After many headlines on the scale of 'disinfo for sale' University of Oxford recent study offering useful insight for policymakers into its growth? I say no. A high profile study into disinformation by influential Oxford Internet Institute scholars which has been in the headlines worldwide in the last month is misleading, poorly researched and misreported: 'The Grim Consequences of a Misleading Study on Disinformation <https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-the-grim-consequences-of-a-misleading-study-on-disinformation/> .' I hope you will find it illuminating and helpful for students too who are trying to understand this phenomenon. Best wishes, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Independent Researcher/Author/Analyst Associate Researcher at Human Rights Program Bard College, Annandale on Hudson New York Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant
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Dr. Emma Briant