Health in the age of disinformation: trust, tech and truth
This talk offers a bird's-eye view of how disinformation campaigns are designed to take advantage of our psychology as well as the nature and structure of our information systems. Professor Andy Perfors will discuss how the incentive structures and nature of these systems are misaligned with human cognition, and how this is exploited by malicious actors. You'll also walk away with some ideas for what we can do as both individuals and organisations or institutions.
Bios
Andrew Perfors is the Director of the Complex Human Data Hub in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on understanding how people learn from and share information with each other, and how that process of collaborative meaning-making changes the information environment itself. Having grown up in a rural, religious, and conservative part of America, Andy's understanding of disinformation is informed by multiple aspects of his lived experience as well as his academic research.
Event
Wednesday 13 May, 8:00 pm @State of Grace, 27 King St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Also speaking at this location at 6:00 pm are Dr Shaminka Mangelsdorf and Dr Lee Valentine
