Disinformation and so-called fake news are contemporary phenomena with rich histories. Disinformation, or the willful introduction of false information for the purposes of causing harm, recalls infamous foreign interference operations in national media systems. Outcries over fake news, or dubious stories …

De coronacrisis heeft de zwakke plekken in onze informatievoorziening pijnlijk blootgelegd: tijdens de crisis nam de verspreiding van nepnieuws enorm toe, en complottheorieën beleven hoogtij dagen. Hoe zorgen we als samenleving voor goed geïnformeerde burgers en hoe kunnen informatieprofessionals daarin …

A Boolean function can only have either of two values (on, or off, 1, or 0). However, most things that are of value to us humans cannot be captured in the Boolean functions. With a simplification of our complex reality to True and False, we will inevitably destroy our understanding of the world in the …

Polarizing may be a logical consequence, but it’s certainly not helpful. Of course I understand that everyone wants to regain control of the situation. However, sacrificing transmissions towers, or even human scapegoats to satisfy our need to understand, crosses every line. But it is easy to understand …

‘The network is everlasting’ wrote Robert Filliou and George Brecht in 1967, a statement that, at first glance, still seems to be true of today’s world. Yet there are also signs that the omnipresence of networks is evolving into another reality. In recent times, the limits of networks rather than their …

The research examines junk news, followers of problematic sources as well as artificial amplification on Instagram during the 2019 Dutch provincial and European parliamentary elections. First, this study looks at the circulation of junk content in high-engagement political spaces on Instagram. Second, …

Sadness is now a design problem. The highs and lows of melancholy are coded into social media platforms. After all the clicking, browsing, swiping and liking, all we are left with is the flat and empty aftermath of time lost to the app. Sad by Design offers a critical analysis of the growing social media …

Blog over media, communicatie en de vrijheid van meningsuiting. Maar dr. Elving bespreekt ook de keerzijde; de boodschappen uit onze TV, internet of krant vertellen misschien niet altijd de waarheid.

Wanneer je er voor kiest om journalist te worden, doe je dit grotendeels omdat je men op de hoogte wilt brengen van nieuws. Misschien zou je zelfs kunnen stellen dat veel journalisten idealistische wereldverbeteraars zijn. Kortom: je wilt de waarheid opschrijven, zodat de lezer weet hoe het er aan toe …

Writer and researcher Florian Cramer shares some of his research into little known factors influencing the rise of the alt-right - a segment of right-wing ideologies presented as an alternative to mainstream conservatism in the US. His presentation maps the emergence of this large white supremacist subculture, …