Misinformation Has Created a New World Disorder
Our willingness to share content without thinking is exploited to spread disinformation
Claire Wardle is a professor of the practice at the Brown University School of Public Health and co-director of its Information Futures Lab. Previously she was U.S. director of the nonprofit First Draft and a research fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. She has a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Pennsylvania. Credit: Nick Higgins
Our willingness to share content without thinking is exploited to spread disinformation
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