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The Power of Prebunking: Managing Disinformation in the Social Media Age

Dave Fleet

A 2022 study in the journal Science Advances summarized five key challenges that research has identified with debunking: Establishing what counts as factual information is difficult, particularly in some complex or contentious contexts. Problems with debunking.

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Monday Morning Reads: Churnalism, Bubble Bursting, Influence Limits

Dave Fleet

A varied bunch of posts and stories this week, from PR’s effect on the media (or is it just lazy journalism?), to avoiding getting caught when the social media “bubble&# bursts, to reputation management, influence and lastly a couple of Google stories to round things out. Let’s get to it! The Guardian: Churnalism or news?

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Earthquake: Canadians Turn to Social Media Instead of Diving for Cover

Dave Fleet

My take: I like Joe’s points, and Twitter certainly plays a different role to mainstream journalism – it’s not about substantial coverage in the same way. Update: Interesting post from Joe Boughner on whether it really matters that social media beat the mainstream media to the punch.

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57 Social Media Policy Examples and Resources

Dave Fleet

Social Computing Journal. Nonprofit Technology Network. Tips for Writing Your First Social Media Policy. Shift Communications. Social Media Guidelines Template. Policy Tool for Social Media. Enterprise Social Media Usage Policies and Guidelines. Social Media Governance. Policy Database. SocialFish. SocialFish.

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When Agencies Can’t Be Transparent

Dave Fleet

In crisis communications exercises in journalism school, we were taught to share only important and straight to the point facts with the public. It’s not just public relations involved in social media, but the C-Suite, Legal team, customer service and more. All groups have opinions, regulations and people to answer to.

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Monday Morning Reads: Mobile Apps; LoTR Revisited; Funky SEO

Dave Fleet

Amidst ongoing unrest in the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal takes a look at why some regimes are shying away from shutting down the Internet in their countries. WSJ: Smart Dictators Don’t Quash the Internet. The Internet in dictatorships. Fast Company: Google Gives More Prominence to Social Search.

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Cooks Source: How to Avoid an Unnecessary Crisis

Dave Fleet

she wanted an apology and a $130 donation to the Columbia Journalism School as compensation. Tweet Situation: When food writer Monica Gaudio discovered that Cooks Source magazine had lifted an article she’d written and printed it in the magazine, she emailed the magazine to inquire about how it had come about.