Ep8(S5)False Narratives, Real Consequences: How Is Social Media Impacting The Way We Think About Migration? The Migration podcast

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Ep8(S5)False narratives, real consequences: How is social media impacting the way we think about migration?

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This is a guest episode from the third season of the Borders and Belonging Podcast, which is produced by the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration (or “CERC”) at Toronto Metropolitan University. They just launched a new season, called “in conversation”, in which leading voices dive into urgent migration issues shaping Canada and the world. You can find it on all major streaming services. And of course, please stay tuned for the next episode of the Migration Podcast! “The rise in false narratives surrounding immigrants and refugees is often amplified by social media and manipulated for political gain. In this episode, host Maggie Perzyna unpacks the dangerous intersection between digital disinformation and immigration. Experts emphasize this critical area of study as social media networks increasingly shape public opinion and policy decisions, while false narratives about migration spread faster than ever. Guests: Katie Paul, Director, Tech Transparency Project; Anatoliy Gruzd, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Privacy Preserving Digital Technologies, Toronto Metropolitan University; and Mattias Ekman, Associate Professor, Stockholm University.” More about the Projects mentioned in this episode: - The hybridization of political communication: Politicized news formats and the boundaries of journal. Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Foundation (RJ). https://www.su.se/english/research/research-projects/the-hybridization-of-political-communication-politicized-news-formats-and-the-boundaries-of-journal - Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides. Canada First Research Excellence Fund. https://www.torontomu.ca/bridging-divides/ - Social Media Lab. https://socialmedialab.ca/about/ Donate or Get Involved! - Campaign for Accountability. https://campaignforaccountability.org/ - Integrity Institute. https://integrityinstitute.org/ - NewseumED. https://newseumed.org/ - News Literacy Project. https://newslit.org/ - Reboot. https://reboot-foundation.org/ Media & Blogs - Caulfield, T. (18 Sept 2024). Welcome to the Poilievre conspiracy theory vortex: Adopting absurd narratives has become a staple of right-wing politicking. The Walrus. - Cadwalladr, C. (3 Aug 2024). ‘A polarisation engine’: how social media has created a ‘perfect storm’ for UK’s far-right riots. The Guardian. - Isaac, M. & Schleifer, T. (7 January 2025). Meta Says It Will End Its Fact-Checking Program on Social Media Posts. New York Times. - Etc. Reports and Policy - Chadwick, J. (3 June 2024). It’s time to restore some sanity to the Internet: Why we need a 180 on Section 230. Mother Jones. - For Sale on Facebook: Accounts That Can Run U.S. Election Ads. (18 September 2024). Tech Transparency Project. - Lu, S. (3 Jan 2025). Tech law in 2025: A look ahead at AI, privacy and social media regulation under the new Trump administration. The Conversation. - Etc. Books & Book Chapters - Anderson, B. (1983). Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism. Verso. - Ekman, M. (2018). Online Islamophobia and the politics of fear: Manufacturing the green scare. In Muslims, Migration and Citizenship (pp. 149-165). Routledge. -Etc. Scholarly Articles - Ekman, M. (2022). The great replacement: Strategic mainstreaming of far-right conspiracy claims. Convergence, 28(4), 1127-1143. - Ekman, M., & Krzyżanowski, M. (2021). A populist turn?: News editorials and the recent discursive shift on immigration in Sweden. Nordicom Review, 42(s1), 67-87. - Gruzd, A., Mai, P., & Taleb, O. (2024). Digital battleground: An examination of anti-refugee discourse on Twitter against Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. First Monday. - Gruzd, A., Paulin, D., & Haythornthwaite, C. (2016). Analyzing social media and learning through content and social network analysis: A faceted methodological approach. Journal of Learning Analytics, 3(3), 46-71. - Etc.

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