Media ReDesign: The New Realities

Media ReDesign: The New Realities

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Media ReDesign: The New Realities

Before we start …        8

Stay informed        8

Know who the key players are        9

Create alliances and partnerships        9

'Truth in Media' Ecosystem        9

Keep a tally of solutions - and mess ups        9

Delve into the Underworld        10

Be prepared to unlearn everything you know        11

Stay connected        11

A final word        12

Stay Informed        13

Background        13

Initiatives        13

Robert Reich: Inequality Media        13

Dan Rather: On journalism & finding the truth in the news        14

Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers        14

Syllabus: Social Media Literacies        14

Bulletin Board        16

Upcoming Events        16

Ongoing Initiatives        17

High-Level Group on Fake News and online disinformation  NEW        17

The News Literacy Project        17

Stony Brook’s Center for News Literacy        17

Past Events [Sample]        19

The Future of News in an Interconnected World        20

MisinfoCon: A Summit on Misinformation        20

Combating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and Action        21

Media Learning Seminar        21

The Future of News: Journalism in a Post-Truth Era        21

Dear President: What you need to know about race        22

Knight Foundation & Civic Hall Symposium on Tech, Politics, and the Media        22

Berkeley Institute for Data Science

UnFakingNews Working Group        22

In the News        24

Essential reads        24

Featured        25

General        25

Trump Presidency        26

International        27

Press Room: Research and articles related with this project        28

About Eli Pariser        32

Conferences        33

Related articles        33

Start of Document        35

Basic concepts        35

Definition of Fake News        37

Compilation of basic terms        37

Classifying fake news, fake media & fake sources        40

Considerations → Principles → The Institution of Socio - Economic Values        46

General Ideas        47

Behavioral economics and other disciplines        47

Human Editors        49

Under the Hood        52

Facebook        54

Analysis of Headlines and Content        59

Reputation systems        60

Verified sites        64

Distribution - Social Graph        68

Fact-Checking        70

Special databases        73

Interface - Design        74

Flags        75

Downrank, Suspension, Ban of accounts        77

Contrasting Narratives        78

Points, counterpoints and midpoints        79

Model the belief-in-true / belief-in-fake lifecycle        82

Verified Pages - Bundled news        83

Viral and Trending Stories        84

Patterns and other thoughts        86

Ad ecosystem        88

More ideas…        91

Factmata        99

FiB extension        99

Taboola and Outbrain involvement        99

WikiTribune        102

Verified Trail + Trust Rating        105

Bias Dynamics & Mental Models        108

Neuroscience of philosophical contentions        109

Thread by @thomasoduffy        109

Pattern & Patch Vulnerabilities to Fake News        111

The problem with “Fake News”        112

Surprising Validators        114

[Update] “A Cognitive Immune System for Social Media” based on “Augmenting the Wisdom of Crowds”        117

Snopes        119

Ideas in Spanish - Case Study: Mexico        122

Not just for Facebook to Solve        124

A Citizen Science (Crowd Work) Approach        128

The Old School Approach

Pay to Support Real Journalism        133

Critical Thinking        134

Media Literacy        135

Programs        136

Suggestions from a Trump Supporter on the other side of the cultural divide        138

Ethics of Fake News        144

Your mind is your reality        146

Who decides what is fake?        146

Journalism in an era of private realities        147

Propaganda        147

Scientific Method        147

Alternate realities        148

Legal aspects        151

First Amendment/ Censorship Issues        151

Espionage Act        152

Copyright        153

Trademarks        153

Libel        153

Online Abuse        156

Harassment        156

Trolling and Targeted Attacks        156

Threats        156

Hate Speech        156

Specialized Agencies        158

Rating Agencies        158

Media Governing Body        160

Specialized Models        162

Create a SITA for news        162

Outlier analysis        163

Transparency at user engagement        163

“FourSquare” for News        164

Delay revenue realisation for unverified news sources        164

Other ideas        164

Linked-Data, Ontologies and Verifiable Claims        168

Reading Corner - Resources        172

Social Networks        172

Facebook        172

Twitter        173

Google        173

Filter Bubbles        173

Automated Systems        175

Algorithms        175

User Generated Content        175

Dynamics of Fake Stories        177

Joined-up Thinking - Groupthink        177

Manipulation and ‘Weaponization’ of Data        177

Click Farms - Targeted attacks        178

Propaganda        178

Viral content        179

Satire        179

Behavioral Economics        181

Political Tribalism - Partisanship        182

Ethical Design        182

Journalism in the age of Trump        183

Cultural Divide        184

Cybersecurity        184

Experiences from Abroad        184

Media Literacy        184

Resources list for startups in this space        186

Interested in founding        186

Interested in advising        188

Interested in partnering        188

Interested in investing/funding        190

A Special Thank You        192

ANNEX        195

Themes and keywords to look for        195

Hashtags        200

Fact Checking Guides        201

Selected reads        201

Russian interference        202

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Note: Hi, I am Eli, I started this document. Add idea below after a bullet point, preferably with attribution. Add +[your name] (+Eli) if you like someone else’s note. Bold key phrases if you can. Feel free to crib with attribution.

A number of the ideas below have significant flaws. It’s not a simple problem to solve -- some of the things that would pull down false news would also pull down news in  general. But we’re in brainstorm mode.

* November 17, 2016

This document is maintained by @Media_ReDesign, with updates from an extraordinary community of collaborators spanning across many disciplines. Some topics are under the supervision of specific teams, as is the case of news updates, and the Event Calendar (partly updated, linked as a reference, for ideas). All the same, please feel free to contribute with your ideas, as we expand and continue on this journey.

INVADING FORCES???? Have you seen ANY Photos of these families fleeing Certain Death because and Only Because they tried to defend their God given right to Freedom and Democracy? We Americans rightfully take a lot of Pride in this country for our Many Successes but it would Serve us ALL much better if it wasn't so Damn Near Impossible to Learn of our Occasional COLOSSAL Failures! Perfect Example would be how "WE" Helped overturn a Democratically Elected Leader in IRAQ and PUT Saddam Hussein in Power. It's a great example because pretty much everyone knows how we screwed the pooch on that one...The Role we have played in Creating a Humanitarian CRISIS in Honduras is easily as pervasive with the Only Real Difference being that the IRAQ MESS could pretty much be blamed on a specific few and all in in the Republican Party... In Honduras - our screw ups date as far back as 1911 and have only grown worse with each Major Shift in US Political Power! Reagan used Honduras as a "Staging Ground" for his illegal and ill fated Iran - Contra Fiasco and funneled US Weaponry into what is THE Original Textbook perfect "Banana Republic". As always, when Superior Power is given to societies too poorly structured to assure "Equal Protections" and Many of the other things "WE" take for granted..The Struggles to Possess and Control such Superior Power are Never Ending with Each Group who seizes Power Briefly PUNISHING all of those they "took" Power from! To be clear - I am by NO stretch of the imagination saying that Reagan is to blame for the Many Atrocities "we" have been responsible for in Honduras, or El Salvador, or Panama,or pretty much ALL of Central America! Meddling by our CIA and Profiteering on a Vulgar Scale by American Gas & Oil companies have progressively made matters worse and worse... Even President Obama and Sec of State Clinton made matters worse (and "matters' were already Horrific) by NOT denouncing the Military COUP in 2009 that overturned Honduras's last Freely Elected Leader and Permitted a Regime not all that different from Fidel Castro to seize total,violent, control despite MANY well publicized and well known (in that region at least) Massacres of Hondurans who tried to rally support for Democracy! WHY would ANY American Leader look the other way while people who believe in what "we" believe in and who only want to live in a society "Of the People, By The People and For the People".. Why would we NOT Try to Help these folks??? That's a damn good question! It is THE question that these thousands of REFUGEES are begging to have answered: America You Promised to Be a Shining Beacon on a Hill for ALL who love Freedom and Democracy to See". WHY have you Abandoned Us when We were “there” for you when needed us? We were only Doing EXACTLY what you Asked Us to Do? We have tried to Stand Up for Our Rights, The Rights YOUR Presidents (Kennedy, Reagan and Beyond) Told us We were Entitled To ONLY If We believed in these Rights enough to Fight For Them! We’ve been your Ally, We’ve done EXACTLY as You Asked us to.. Why Didn’t Come to Out Aid?