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Episode 15.5: Why WhatsApp is great for privacy but bad for misinformation

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Trying a new episode format - single host minisodes! Let me know what you think!

What's even worse for carrying disinformation than social media? Messaging apps! In this episode, Dr. Sturg reviews a deceptive tactic with some new clips and goes over the research on how apps like WhatsApp and Telegram make it very hard to stop Fake News from spreading. Plus, newsmakers are at it again. Hear some new clips to review a thinking problem we've already talked about on UnSpun.

Here's a link to the Last Week Tonight episode mentioned on the podcast.

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Dr. Sturg’s Books

Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News

We are #AltGov

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Trying a new episode format - single host minisodes! Let me know what you think!

What's even worse for carrying disinformation than social media? Messaging apps! In this episode, Dr. Sturg reviews a deceptive tactic with some new clips and goes over the research on how apps like WhatsApp and Telegram make it very hard to stop Fake News from spreading. Plus, newsmakers are at it again. Hear some new clips to review a thinking problem we've already talked about on UnSpun.

Here's a link to the Last Week Tonight episode mentioned on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Sturg

Twitter -Prof. Amanda Sturgill (@DrSturg) / X
Websites -Sturg says|Unspun’s Substack

Questions and Tips

TheUnspunPodcast@gmail.com

Dr. Sturg’s Books

Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News

We are #AltGov

  continue reading

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