Misinfo Weekly

by Michael Simeone and Shawn Walker

Misinfo Weekly is an educational podcast for lay audiences dedicated to understanding misinformation in our time. Every week (mostly) we try to provide some perspective on current events in misinformation. The show breaks down basic and advanced concepts in mis and disinformation, as well as helps track and trace how misinformation events come to be. The show is collaboration between the Information Competition Lab, which Michal and Shawn co-lead, and the Unit for Data Science and Analytics at Arizona State University Library. Show conversations are aimed at late high school and beyond.


About your podcasters:


Michael Simeone is a Research Professor in the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at ASU. He studies the limits and capabilities of data science as well as how ideas circulate in different media. You'll find him on Twitter as @michael_simeone.


Shawn Walker is an Assistant Professor of Social Data Science in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at ASU. His research focuses on mis and disinformation and online resistance circulating in social media during social movements, protests, and elections as well as the related challenges of collecting, analyzing, and preserving data from social media platforms. You'll find him on Twitter as @walkeroh and online at shown.io.


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Episodes

  1. 29:03The Sound of Freedom and Summer at the Movies with QAnonSep 07, 2023
  2. 38:12Twitter's Chief Misinformation Officer: Our final episode of the TwilogyJun 13, 2023
  3. 27:28Twitter is Burning: Straining to Validate the Big Lie and Implications for Future Misinformation EventsDec 19, 2022
  4. 25:25The New Twitter under Elon MuskDec 06, 2022
  5. 18:42After the 2022 Midterm: Day-of Misinformation in AZ, the Role of Surrogates, and the Softening the Ground for 2024Nov 18, 2022
  6. 38:132000 Mules: The Election Conspiracy That Won't Go AwayOct 31, 2022
  7. 55:37Parler and January 6th: One Year LaterJan 19, 2022
  8. 30:34Rittenhouse on Facebook: How disinformation and white supremacy go togetherNov 24, 2021
  9. 55:38Plandemic 3: The School Board EditionOct 13, 2021
  10. 51:04Vaccine Misinformation From the Perspective of a Family Medicine PhysicianSep 24, 2021