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Whereas the printing press was the platform that gave birth to a society of readers, the Internet fashioned everyone as a publisher.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This article from Scientific American<\/a> offers what I would describe as a history of social media and disinformation. It moves from the early optimism to the rise of disinformation and ends with a more hopeful perspective. <\/p>\n

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Whereas the printing press was the platform that gave birth to a society of readers, the Internet fashioned everyone as a publisher. This article from Scientific American offers what I would describe as a history of social media and disinformation. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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