News, Fake News, and Deep Fakes. How Do We Know What’s True?, Part 7: Disinformation, China, and Beijing’s Broader Global Media Influence

Episode Topic: Disinformation, China, and Beijing’s Broader Global Media Influence

When people think of foreign disinformation campaigns, the textbook example that comes to mind is usually that of social media accounts run out of government-sponsored troll farms in Russia sowing fake news and division during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. When it comes to this specific tactic of disinformation, Moscow is still the undisputed global leader. Although China has begun to enter the space and conduct similar operations, both its disinformation and broader media strategy have traditionally been quite different.

Featured Speakers: 

• Sarah Cook, Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House
• James S. O’Rourke, Teaching Professor of Management, University of Notre Dame

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: go.nd.edu/1ee13e. 

This podcast is a part of the Ten Years Hence ThinkND Series titled “News, Fake News, and Deep Fakes. How Do We Know What’s True?”.

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