PODCAST (and paper): The Biology of Disinformation, Weaponized Memes and Viral Alt-facts

[Ryan Goble]

Jake Dunagan is a research director at Institute for the Future (IFTF), where his focus is the examination of social invention and the redesign of systems in light of current and emerging tools and knowledge. He recently co-authored an IFTF paper, with Doug Rushkoff and David Pescovitz, on “The Biology of Disinformation” which is about, per Pescovitz, “how media viruses, bots and computational propaganda have redefined how information is weaponized for propaganda campaigns.” This Plutopia joint explores the topics advanced by the paper, and the evolving social media arms race of “fighting memes with memes.”

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— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) October 9, 2018