What’s new about fake news?
summary
Explains that fake headlines like Pope Francis supporting Trump are modern forms of long‑standing propaganda, spreads because social platforms let one click reach thousands (a simple two‑share doubling shows rapid reach), and automated zombie botnets amplify reach without humans. Notes cheap creation — ad‑driven clickbait made by teenagers in Eastern Europe/Burma — and an example tech claim about a video system that stored frames in RAM for about 30 seconds, used historically to speed editing. Discusses confirmation bias, echo chambers and occasional backfire effects as the human drivers.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:23What is fake news
- 2:37Propaganda
- 4:06Technology
- 4:49Easier dissemination
- 5:20Social media
- 6:04How it spreads
- 7:04Easy to create
- 7:42A technological breakthrough
- 8:38The beat
- 8:58The human component
- 10:24Why we encounter it
- 11:02Facebook scandal
- 11:35Confirmation bias
- 13:33Groupthink
- 14:24Rational sharing
- 15:11Summary
- 15:50Quiz
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