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June 2025 : Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo and Melissa G. Ocepek
Discussion Questions
- How can individuals act as creators and regulators of misinformation at the same time?
- Do you see any patterns in how certain communities distinguish between disinformation, misinformation, and harmless falsehoods?
- Pick one case study from the book. How did this community either successfully or unsuccessfully govern misinformation? If unsuccessful, how might they fix this?
- Which lessons learned here can be generalized and applied to other case studies, and which aspects were specific to that particular context?
- How do the challenges and distinctions between intentional and unintentional misinformation and disinformation influence communities’ governance strategies?
- How do power dynamics shape and dictate who gets to define what counts as misinformation?
- How can communities balance the need for members’ freedom of expression with the need for information integrity?
- How do political contexts affect how communities govern information? Can you think of examples?
- How would you design an online platform to reduce and mitigate misinformation?
- What are the biggest knowledge gaps in research surrounding misinformation today?
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