False or misleading videos pop up a lot of ways online, like this one where an Instagram user posted a video of a woman revealing a hidden trap door leading to a secret underground theater. “Until ...
Message drift: Why things get taken out of context online and why it matters by Cavell Ord-Shrimpton, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes The GIST ...
If the internet’s something like the collective unconscious of humankind, then it says a lot about us if we’re both incredibly brilliant and w*f-level weird all at once. A great example of this is one ...
A viral meme going around seems to suggest President Joe Biden is knowingly escalating the Russia/Ukraine conflict into “World War III.” The meme is made up of two photos: The top, older photo claims ...
Everyone’s been in a debate when someone says: “You’re taking that out of context.” But what does it actually mean to understand something “in context”? Appeals to context feel irrefutable. Of course ...