Fake news and propaganda fuel Russian lies, but are people falling for it?
A new exhibit at the Plant Museum highlighting the role of the reporters and yellow journalism during the War of 1898 shows how Tampa was at the center of some of the first accounts of fake news. And, how some of those same tactics are still in use today.
As bombs fall in Ukraine and civilians die two wars are playing out, one on the ground and the other in cyberspace.
Both sides use social media to rally their forces, bring outsiders to their side, and win the information war. Experts say Russian misinformation follows the same script— that they are the victims of Western oppression....…A new exhibit at the Plant Museum highlighting the role of the reporters and yellow journalism during the War of 1898 shows how Tampa was at the center of some of the first accounts of fake news. And, how some of those same tactics are still in use today.
As bombs fall in Ukraine and civilians die two wars are playing out, one on the ground and the other in cyberspace.
Both sides use social media to rally their forces, bring outsiders to their side, and win the information war. Experts say Russian misinformation follows the same script— that they are the victims of Western oppression....WW…