Ep. 1: Issie Lapowsky and Dr. Jamie Cohen “Digital Disinformation in an Election Year” - Recorded Live from Civic Hall
How do we talk about digital disinformation when its systems are opaque? How can populations be ready to defend themselves from memetic and information warfare when it comes from both international as well as domestic agents?
Protocol senior report Issie Lapowsky joins Dr. Jamie Cohen for a conversation about what it means to talk about disinformation in an election year, look back at the types of memetic and information warfare that occurred on social media platforms in 2016, what's happened since, and what people can do to defend themselves now.
In his opening monologue, Josh Chapdelaine discusses the complexities of how authenticity is measured in the digital media environment and looks at the history of new media technologies leaving content producers in a position to exploit vulnerable audiences.
You can read Lapowsky's latest work at Protocol: https://www.protocol.com/u/issielapowsky
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About
Issie Lapowsky is a senior reporter at Protocol, covering the intersection of technology, politics, and national affairs. Previously, she was a senior writer at Wired, where she covered the 2016 election and the Facebook beat in its aftermath. Prior to that, Issie worked as a staff writer for Inc. magazine, writing about small business and entrepreneurship. She has also worked as an on-air contributor for CBS News and taught a graduate-level course at New York University’s Center for Publishing on how tech giants have affected publishing.
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Credits
Produced by Dr. Jamie Cohen and Josh Chapdelaine
Audio edited and mixed by Josh Chapdelaine
Our on-site video manager is Blake Koznesoff
Our Community Manager is Kayleigh Marinelli
This episode was taped in front of a live audience at Civic Hall.
Civic Hall is a non-profit center for learning, collaboration, and technology for the public good. At Civic Hall, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, government staff, community organizers, philanthropists, software developers, data scientists, and media makers come together to share knowledge and solve pressing public interest problems.
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