Author: 'Angertainment'; 'Facts & Other Lies'. Social impact; disinformation; digital narratives. Founder, https://xitter.gq/t.co/GCt7DE0oHI & https://xitter.gq/t.co/s8AQDVi916
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Chat with @edcoper didn't go as planned. He calls me a grifter and regrets coming on the podcast. We discuss the new digital duty of care bill. We do end up discussing his book about rage bait and algorithms.... 🤔
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It might seem ironic, even provocative, to post this brilliant discussion here, on angertainment’s home ground, but I highly recommend it. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas…
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🧠 “Truth is not really that important to us as a species. There are things way more important than truth ... getting along is the primary one. If we have to call black white in order to get along we so readily do."
On Curtin’s Cast, author and campaign strategist @EdCoper explains why tribal identity often matters more than facts. From the endless arguments over the crowd size at Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration to the way social media rewards outrage, Ed argues that “the tribal answer” frequently becomes more important than the truthful one.
Why are humans wired this way? And what does it mean for democracy in the age of angertainment?
🎙️ Listen to Episode 60:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas…
#CurtinsCast #Angertainment #SocialMedia #Politics #Democracy #Algorithms #Misinformation
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"A network of organised disinformation sows doubt, kills policy reform & keep us at odds..Behind it all..a network of industrialists fuelling a noise machine..the global membership of fossil fuel-backed #AtlasNetwork..drives the Trumpian agenda globally."
theguardian.com/us-news/comm…
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A good story can be one of the most dangerous devices in the world. Join @edcoper Kosta Lucas @meganphelps and @frankelly08 in this panel live at Carriageworks, Sydney.
SUN 25 AUG // 5:45PM // ABSOLUTELY JUSTIFIED🔥
Book now at festivalofdangerousideas.com… #FODI
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Check out our recent Fireside chat with @edcoper, author of Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age. Ed emphasizes that companies must understand people's motivations rather than simply treating customers as solely price-driven and ignoring their deeper values.
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Join us for a fascinating session with Ed Coper, an expert in communications for social impact and the author of Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age. 👉 Get your tickets here: events.humanitix.com/firesid…
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A heartfelt thank you everyone who attended last night's workshop on Disinformation: How to Spot It &How to Respond. Your presence and active participation made the event a great success! 🎉
A special shout-out to our presenters, Ed Coper & Lee Constable
@edcoper @Constababble
Ed Coper retweeted
News from Tesla: we are leaving the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries and resigning from its board. The FCAI has repeatedly made claims about new vehicle efficiency standards that are demonstrably false. We can't stand by that. Here's the letter. drive.google.com/file/d/1OPQ…
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A cautionary important thread on how the culture war mongers do their work.
The last week shows how Peter Dutton plans to win the next election, assisted by media who moonlight as the LNP PR machine, working in unison with a conservative lobby group funded by billionaires.
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Gidday everyone!
ICYMI myself and Milton Mango (my drag bloke persona) both appeared on stage for @danilic's @ARationalFear's live recording at SXSW Sydney!
In-person punters got an eye-full of King Milt's chest hair but listeners will have to imagine.
arationalfear.substack.com/p…
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The right is firing misinformation bullets in its climate war on renewables – here’s a way to fight back.
Words Peter Lewis @_Essential_M
Image @TomRed43
#auspol #climatechange #PeterDutton #prebunking theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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James Cameron: "In Star Wars the good guys are the rebels, they're using asymmetric warfare against a highly organized empire, I think we call those guys terrorists today."
George Lucas: "When I did it they were Vietcong. That was the whole point."
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1. No.
2. No, quite the opposite
3. No, disinformation can be very subtle
4. Guess I'll tell all my (many) no voting relatives I don't know them.
5. Yep, disinformation works
6. ie empowering those in the No 5 camp.
7. I was against lies in the Marriage Equality vote
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DON'T MISS OUT | Seats are going quickly to one of the highlights of our upcoming conference, featuring @helenhainesindi, @simonahac, @edcoper, @ShireenMorrisMs, @natashamitchell and Andrea Durbach in conversation at the Art Gallery of NSW. Get in quick: bit.ly/AccountabilitySession…
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The no campaign’s strategy is to appeal to people “on an very emotive level, to simplify the issue, and play on people’s emotions and fears”, say @edcoper, with a playbook “very similar to the Trump ecosystem.”
A must-read from @JoshButler.
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Good question! 🧵1/16 . Price and Mundine are uncritically platformed to campaign against Voice, Treaty & Truth. Evidence suggests they speak not with the authority of any First Nations community but for fossil fuel/mining corporates. #auspol #voteyes❤️💛🖤👇
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JUST ANNOUNCED | The full speaker line-up for our 2023 conference has just been released. You can now read all session information, speaker bios and buy tickets on our website. See you in October: bit.ly/AccountabilityConfere…
