Continuing this thread on misinformation - Latest example: "A network of nearly 90 TikTok accounts has been using artificial intelligence to create fake versions of high-profile Spanish-language journalists and spread falsehoods online for potential financial gain."

"While interventions promoting prebunking, fact-checking, and disciplinary literacy provide promising frameworks for misinformation education, their effects may diminish without sustained reinforcement." journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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New preprint! Can AI match human expertise in teacher education? Our study shows that while AI provides quick feedback in simulated classrooms, experts are far better at identifying opportunities and offering nuanced feedback. We offer ways to move forward! Read more here osf.io/preprints/os...

Happy to see our report in print! I hope that teachers and everyone interested in education as a democratic self-defence will find it useful. Great collaboration with Ullrich Ecker! Download the report here: shorturl.at/IGFGc

We are looking for a postdoc for our research group in digital sociology within DIGSUM. The research is about how false information is created and spread across digital platforms, and how it can affect public opinion and undermine democracy. Spread the word! www.digsum.org/digsum-feed/...

FREE BOOK: Psychometrics in exercises using R and RStudio by Anna Brown Great resource for university lecturers, instructors, students, and anyone who want to acquire practical skills in conducting psychometric analyses. annabrown.name/book_psychom...

A meta-analysis 105 studies finds that focusing on intrinsic goals (such as growth, relationships, community giving, & health) promotes well-being ( r= .24), whereas a focus on extrinsic goals (such as wealth, fame, & beauty) hurts well-being (r = -.22) psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...

Just published! 🎉We identify how videos may be better than text feedback to teach students to fact-check online news. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... makes sense from a perspective of cognitive apprenticeship.

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Nu finns min bok äntligen i tryckt format. Jag hoppas att den kan bli ett konstruktivt bidrag till en genomtänkt användning av AI i skolan på vetenskaplig grund 🤞🥳🎉🤓 jag har försökt att samla det vi vet om bra undervisning i relation till ny teknik och aktuell forskning om AI i skolan.

Excellent postdoc opportunity if you are interested in history and strategies of misinformation jobs.hhs.se/en/job/stock...

We are once again seeking entries for the Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication! 👇 This covers transparent communication (not persuasion) that is in the interest of the public/audience rather than the communicator. All types of (self)-nominations & topics welcome. Do share and submit!

Restrictions against: biometric categorisation systems; untargeted scraping of facial images; emotion recognition in the workplace and educational institutions; social scoring; AI systems that manipulate human behaviour to circumvent their free will; AI used to exploit the vulnerabilities of people

Det här är så tragiskt! Miljarder som försvinner från forskningen english.elpais.com/science-tech...

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The deepfake crisis for women and girls has grown tremendously. It isn’t mentioned in most AI discourse, even though it’s the primary use of deepfakes by far. Now, it is being used to victimize dozens of teen girls. The perpetrators include their male classmates www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Yesterday at @isdglobal.bsky.social, we published Uisce Faoi Thalamh: An Investigation into the Online Mis- and Disinformation Ecosystem in Ireland. The research is based on an analysis of 13.2 million online posts from 1,640 accounts posted on 12 platforms between Jan 2020 and April 2023.

Massive disagreement about policing most powerful AI in EU AI Act - after ~3 yrs of talks & weeks before a deadline. Takeaway 1: real consensus about AI policy remains remote. Work must continue, deal or no deal. Takeaway 2: corporate logics loom large - too large. www.euractiv.com/section/arti...

My department is hiring! One or more Associate Senior Lecturers in Political Science. A great opportunity to join a diverse and welcoming community of political scientists, with great work conditions, Uppsala Uni, Sweden. Application deadline 15 November. Read more: www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos...

Interesting comments about the problems with AI and misinformation. Food for thought and discussion! misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/misi...

"TikTok´s Research API falls woefully short" My colleagues Santiago, Martin & @altreflexion.bsky.social compared TikTok´s research API with data they were able to scrape. More details: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2023/th...