#informationdissemination — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #informationdissemination, aggregated by home.social.
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Scientific Reports: How to detect information voids using longitudinal data from social media and web searches. “The model of the attention economy, where content producers compete for the attention of users, relies on two key forces: information supply and demand. This study leverages the feedback loop between these forces to develop a method for detecting and quantifying information voids, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/13/scientific-reports-how-to-detect-information-voids-using-longitudinal-data-from-social-media-and-web-searches/ -
Poynter: Fact-checking has to go where misinformation actually spreads. “In this environment, fact-checking remains indispensable, but its relevance can no longer be measured solely by the publication of articles. If it wants to continue to matter, fact-checking must stop imagining itself only as an editorial product and begin acting as a form of civic infrastructure. This shift begins with […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/06/poynter-fact-checking-has-to-go-where-misinformation-actually-spreads/ -
PressGazette: Daily Beast gains on Reddit and Facebook as Google traffic falls . “Reddit and Facebook have made up for falling referral traffic from Google for the Daily Beast. The site’s chief content and creative officer Joanna Coles was interviewed in Cannes by Wall Street Journal editor Emma Tucker alongside Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff.”