Mastodawn

Mike Wagner May 26, 2023

Fil Menczer May 26, 2023

Check out our latest tool, the Top FIBers dashboard, to track the worst disinformation superspreaders. (This is the kind of public service that is under attack by Twitter's anti-research API policies under Musk.) https://news.iu.edu/live/news/28277-top-fibers-dashboard-tracks-superspreaders-of

Play with the Top FIBers dashboard here and see who are the worst disinformation superspreaders of the month on Twitter and Facebook: https://osome.iu.edu/tools/topfibers/

The science behind it: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2207.09524

Credit to @mdeverna2 and the @OSoMe_IU @IUNetSci team!

Top FIBers dashboard tracks superspreaders of low-credibility information online

The Observatory on Social Media has launched the new tool that uses the “False Information Broadcaster index” or “FIB index,” which captures the c...

news.iu.edu

Mike Wagner May 10, 2023

Brendan Nyhan May 10, 2023

The assault on higher ed in TX, FL, etc. will have substantial costs even if the tenure-stripping bills don't go through this time

Mike Wagner Mar 16, 2023

Kate Starbird Mar 16, 2023

Is this the end of the Twitter research era? The graph shows tweets over time coming into one of our V1 API data collections.

Mike Wagner Jan 20, 2023

Dhavan Shah Jan 20, 2023

Elated to have @NathanKalmoe return to Madison and join our team in the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Excited to see how he advances the missions and extends the work of the MCRC, SJMC, and UW L&S. I know @prowag shares my excitement. Forward!

https://journalism.wisc.edu/news/sjmc-alum-returns-will-help-lead-the-center-for-communication-and-civic-renewal/

SJMC alum returns, will help lead the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication has welcomed distinguished alum Dr. Nathan Kalmoe back to Vilas Hall as the new executive administrative director of the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal (CCCR).

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Mike Wagner Jan 20, 2023

Thrilled to welcome @NathanKalmoe to our team at the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Pinching ourselves. https://journalism.wisc.edu/news/sjmc-alum-returns-will-help-lead-the-center-for-communication-and-civic-renewal/

SJMC alum returns, will help lead the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal

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Mike Wagner Jan 14, 2023

Headed in to watch the 11y/o play basketball. Let me know if President Biden reports mishandling some more classified documents in the next hour.

Mike Wagner Jan 6, 2023

McCarthy in danger of the Full Scaramucci: losing the job he was doing before the official start date.

Mike Wagner Dec 23, 2022

My @niemanlab prediction for 2023: https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/the-backlash-against-pro-democracy-reporting-is-coming/

The backlash against pro-democracy reporting is coming

"We will be increasingly likely to hear that pro-democracy reporting is biased, dangerous, and un-American."

Nieman Lab

Mike Wagner Dec 23, 2022

Mark Copelovitch Dec 21, 2022

Wisdom from @prowag:

"Democracy cannot thrive or survive without a media ecosystem willing to report verifiable truths about the core tenets of democracy — even if those truths currently favor one major political party over another."

https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/the-backlash-against-pro-democracy-reporting-is-coming/?fbclid=IwAR1s4WCR5BsNUeXCl3iekrPnLSVljI1hmzee906H0pNHyjhIgwaCuyEvjyQ

The backlash against pro-democracy reporting is coming

"We will be increasingly likely to hear that pro-democracy reporting is biased, dangerous, and un-American."

Nieman Lab

Mike Wagner Dec 2, 2022

Doug Poland Dec 2, 2022

Kyle Kondik of Sabato’s Crystal Ball and UW’s @prowag discussing the 2022 congressional elections at #ERC2022