Our Cohort 4 Participant Selected Topic for March through May 2023 was:
Information Policy and Law – What do we do about disinformation, misinformation and fake news?
All Five of the Sessions are Now Complete
Survey Results
Here are the original communications about the group:
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COHORT 4 SESSION RECAPS
SESSION 1 ON 3/6/2023
Session 1 Shared Handouts and Slides
Session 1 Summary
At our first session on March 6, we:
- introduced and shared background information on the group (the why, benefits)
- provided an overview of the divide problem
- introduced the foundational principles for civil discourse
- conducted small group discussion breakouts per the principles focused on our influencers, experiences, beliefs, and values important to Information Policy
- shared the breakout experiences in the full group
- introduced the agenda for Session 2, scheduled for March 20
- highlighted suggested preparation for session 2
Session 2 on 3/20/2023
Session 2 Shared Handouts and Slides
Session 2 Summary
At our second session on March 20, we:
- provided a brief review of Session 1 and the Building Bridges Session Roadmap
- introduced the Caucus engagements
- broke into two Caucuses – (1) Liberal and (2) Moderate/Conservative (90 minutes)
- each Caucus shared and discussed their Values/Beliefs/Experiences/Influencers, desired Vision/Outcomes, and possible Actions/Paths to get there
- each Caucus mobilized next steps to prepare for their Fishbowl report out
- the full group briefly shared their Caucus experiences
- set expectations and suggested preparations for the next session on April 3
Session 3 on 4/3/2023
Session 3 Handouts and Slides
Session 3 Summary
At our third session on April 3, we:
- provided a brief review of Session 2
- introduced the Fishbowl structure and format
- Liberal Caucus shared their Values, Vision, and Paths
- Moderate/Conservative listeners participated in Liberal Q and A using our principles
- Moderate/Conservative Caucus shared their Values, Vision, and Paths
- Liberal listeners participated in Moderate/Conservative Q and A using our principles
- the full group briefly shared their Fishbowl experiences
- set expectations and suggested preparations for the next session on April 10
Session 4 on 4/10/2023
Session 4 Handouts and Slides
Session 4 Summary
At our fourth session on April 10, we:
- provided a brief review of Session 3
- introduced the Small Groups engagements
- briefly reviewed the Building Bridges Foundation principles
- broke out into six Small Groups with 2-3 persons each (90% of time) where each participant shared and discussed their values, vision, and proposed action paths, identified common ground, and planned for their May 1 presentations
- briefly shared process learnings (with the full group)
- set expectations and suggested preparations for the next (last) session on May 1
Session 5 on 5/1/2023
Session 5 Handouts and Slides
Session 5 Summary
At our fifth and last session, we:
- Each of the six 2 or 3 person teams reported out (15 minutes each) their results from session 4:
- commonly held values and beliefs informing them on our topic (including the experiences and influencers)
- shared vision of the solution (5 years out)
- the agreed main paths and actions to take to realize that future
- the pros and cons of each action
- suggest any areas of disagreement worthy of further exploration
- share your reflections on the process
- We reviewed our core principles
- We discussed our attainment of our four Building Bridges Group objectives:
- Enrich (depth and breadth) our understanding of the selected issue – both your view and others’ views
- Identify and build common ground on our selective divisive issue
- Learn ways to disagree without being disagreeable
- Develop skills to become a uniting and depolarizing presence in your daily life
- We discussed possible next steps, after the close this Building Bridges Cohort
- Use learnings in your circles of influence
- Join with others and continue on this or a new topic
- Participate in the next Building Bridges Cohort in September (and/or encourage your friends and neighbor to do so
- Take a next step on the Information Policy and Law topic
- Everyone is encouraged to take their topic learnings and understandings from their experience and translate them into personal political action as they please
- This was illustrated by Anatol Zukerman, who shared his draft petition to Honorable Senator Elizabeth Warren on amending the first amendment as it relates to Free Speech
INFORMATION Policy and Law – Links, Articles, Books, Research, and Videos
Greetings All!
In support of our sessions, we use this section to post information of interest that might be of help to participants throughout ALL of our planned sessions.
Please send your found Links, Articles, Books, Research, Videos, and more to BuildingBridgesPH@gmail.com. We will post received links according to proper digital rights within 2 days. Links are in red. Please remember that some links require a personal subscriptions to the feed, and may not work (example: New York Times). Sorry.
Master List of Participant Submitted Articles, Reports, Videos, and Books on our Topic
| Description / Link to Content |
| Wikipedia – “What is information policy?” Article |
| ChatGPT – AI answer to the question “What are the major different viewpoints on US Information and Media Policy and Law in the age of disinformation, misinformation, and fake news?” Response |
| Pew Research – The Future of Truth and Misinformation Online (Five Themes, Multiple Related Articles Listed) Article Link. Full report pdf |
| Pew Research on “Disinformation” Articles |
| Pew Research on “Misinformation” Articles |
| Gallup on “Media Bias” Articles |
| Gallup on “Misinformation” Articles |
| AllSides – “Free people from filter bubbles so they can better understand the world — and each other” About |
| AllSides – Misinformation Articles |
| AllSides – Media Bias Articles |
| Readers Digest -Misinformation vs Disinformation Article |
| ScienceDirect – The Psychology of Fake News Article |
- MUR22334 CCX S.L.C.
- Content policy trends in 2023
- A guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world
- Misinformation is eroding the public’s confidence in democracy
- Fighting Fake News Workshop Report
- Liability for Amplification of Disinformation: A Law of Unintended Consequences?
- Disarming Disinformation: Our Shared Responsibility
- Disarming Disinformation: Our Shared Responsibility
- (no title)
- How to Defeat Disinformation
- How Disinformation Corrodes Democracy
- Please Lie to Me, Tucker
- Opinion We want objective judges and doctors. Why not journalists too?
- The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
- The Essentials of Journalism
- Broadcast News Distortion
- Equal-time rule
- FCC fairness doctrine
- Misinformation Watch (AllSides.com)
- Free Speech vs. Disinformation Comes to a Head (AllSides.com)
- The State of Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the US (And Why It Matters)
- The State of Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the US (And Why It Matters)
- Closing the Digital Frontier (city-journal.org)
- Gonzalez v. Google LLC (scotusblog.com)
- What Is Section 230 and How Is It Different Than the First Amendment? (fee.org)
- News: Fake News, Misinformation & Disinformation (guides.lib.uw.edu)
- The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction Ullrich K. H. Ecker 1 ✉, Stephan Lewandowsky 2, John Cook3, Philipp Schmid 4, Lisa K. Fazio 5, Nadia Brashier6,7, Panayiota Kendeou8, Emily K. Vraga9 and Michelle A. Amazeen 10
- Degrees without the debt (cuny.edu)
- How tech companies deceive you into giving up your data and privacy (ted.com)
- How effective are TikTok misinformation debunking videos? (misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu)
- How to Stop the Spread of Fake News on Social Media (aspenideas.org)
- Using psychological science to fight misinformation: A guide for journalists (apa.org)
- Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review1 (misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu)
- Combating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and Action (shorensteincenter.org)
- Combating Misinformation as a Core Function of Public Health (catalyst.nejm.org)
- Combating misinformation online: re-imagining social media for policy-making (policyreview.info)
- Is AI the only antidote to disinformation? (weforum.org)
- Digital Strategy 2022-2025 (digitalstrategy.undp.org)
- Challenging pessimists—and optimists—to reimagine data and power (data4sdgs.org)
- In the Fake News Era, Native Ads Are Muddying the Waters (bu.edu)
- The 8 Most Common Ad Fraud Methods & How to Avoid Them in Your Online Campaigns (instapage.com)
- Disinformation and misinformation triangle: A conceptual model for “fake news” epidemic, causal factors and interventions (emerald.com)
- How to combat fake news and disinformation (brookings.edu)
- Fake news, disinformation and misinformation in social media: a review (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- Tools That Fight Disinformation Online(rand.org)
- The Future of Truth and Misinformation Online(pewresearch.org)
- Toolkit for “Reimagining Digital Literacy Education to Save Ourselves”(learningforjustice.org)
- ‘Died suddenly’ posts twist tragedies to push vaccine lies (xfinity.com)
- Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study (xfinity.com)
- How tech platforms fuel U.S. political polarization and what government can do about it (brookings.edu)
Bridging the Partisan Divide Links, Books, Articles, and Videos
Articles
| Description | Download Link |
| Pew Research Typology Article & Report | Article, Report, and More |
| Pew Political Parties & Polarization Articles | Articles |
| Jonathon Haidt May 2022 The Atlantic | Atlantic Article |
| Council on Foreign Relations: Renewing America by Richard Haass | CFR Article |
| BetterUp – Beliefs vs Values | Article |
Partisan Divide Websites
| Description | URL |
| Braver Angels | www.braverangels.org video |
| Better Arguments | www.betterarguments.org video |
| Bridge Alliance | www.bridgealliance.us |
| Many Other Organizations Bridging Divides | Organization Index (click on first category) ICCTR |
Videos
| Description | URL |
| TED Talk by Monica Guzman How Curiosity Will Save Us | Video |
| Yang and Guzman How to Build Bridges in Divided Times | Video |