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of Canberra is proud to announce the release of its latest report, “Australian Perspectives on Misinformation,” by Mathieu O’Neil and Michael J. Jensen.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">1. Divided they perceive: Australians and misinformation<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Mathieu O’Neil, N&MRC, UC<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Michael J. Jensen, IGPA / N&MRC, UC<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Jee Young Lee, N&MRC, UC<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Commentary: A few words on misinformation and media<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Chris Zappone, The Age<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">2. Internet Research Agency campaigns in the Australian
Twittersphere: Excerpts from Submission to the Senate Select Committee on foreign interference through social media<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Robert Ackland, Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks / School of Sociology, Australian National University<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Michael J. Jensen, N&MRC, UC<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Mathieu O’Neil, N&MRC, UC<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Commentary: The social media infodemic and the
“filter bubble” fallacy<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Axel Bruns, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">3. How misinformation affects an Australian journalist’s
work<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Interview with Kelsie Iorio, ABC Digital by Mathieu O’Neil, N&MRC, UC<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Commentary: Elite actors, misinformation and hashtag
campaigns: #ArsonEmergency and #DanLiedPeopleDied<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Timothy Graham, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">4. Addressing conspiratorial beliefs: A critical
history of misinformation<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Mathieu O’Neil, N&MRC, UC<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Michael J. Jensen, IGPA / N&MRC, UC<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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public sphere are increasing due to the ease with which malign actors can spread misleading and manipulative claims. Misinformation, or misleading information spread unwittingly, is often distinguished from disinformation, which is misleading information spread
with the intent to cause harm. Yet many successful disinformation campaigns contain true information, covertly disseminated to embarrass political targets: the quality of the information matters less than the nature of the operation it is part of. Although
the content of messages need not be false to deceive, the ability to identify and protect true claims remains critically important.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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are complex and interwoven with countless socio-political and psychological issues. The Australian Perspectives on Misinformation, the Critical Conversations Lab’s inaugural report, brings together several sources of data and a wide array of points of view,
highlighting the Lab’s networked approach to the research process. The background of the report is the results from two existing N&MRC reports: Digital News Report: Australia 2020 and COVID-19: Australian News and Misinformation report, both of which tracked
perceptions of misinformation in the Australian news consumers in 2020. The report next profiles two case studies: an analysis of campaigns by Russian Internet Research Agency “troll” accounts on in the Australian Twittersphere in the leadup to the 2016 Australian
Federal election, and an interview with a young ABC Digital journalist about how misinformation affects her work practice. The final chapter replaces misinformation in a historical context and reviews psychological and networked communication approaches to
countering it. The report also features expert comments by three leading Australian journalists and researchers. Finally, the report relays a set of practical messages to help teachers and politicians communicate about information literacy and outlines a series
of hypothetical steps for how people might establish a fact-based common understanding with a conspiracy believer.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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