{"id":247,"date":"2021-11-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/?p=247"},"modified":"2021-11-15T18:40:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T23:40:57","slug":"worklife-in-the-disinformation-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/2021\/11\/worklife-in-the-disinformation-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Worklife in the Disinformation Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you did not know by now, rest assured there is a thriving disinformation industry.\u00a0 But have you ever wondered how it actually works? Who are companies who provide it? Who are the workers who act as Trolls, and why do they do it? And perhaps intriguingly, <em>how<\/em> do they navigate the treacherous moral landscape of their profession?\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for a conversation with Professor Jonathan Corpus Ong of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in discussing his groundbreaking firsthand research into the firms, motivations, and the working life of trolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest:<\/strong> Jonathan C. Ong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related material:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stratcomcoe.org\/publications\/mitigating-disinformation-in-southeast-asian-elections\/47\">https:\/\/stratcomcoe.org\/publications\/mitigating-disinformation-in-southeast-asian-elections\/47<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/demtech.oii.ox.ac.uk\/research\/posts\/industrialized-disinformation\/\">https:\/\/demtech.oii.ox.ac.uk\/research\/posts\/industrialized-disinformation\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2419\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-247-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20211108-JonathanCOng.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20211108-JonathanCOng.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20211108-JonathanCOng.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20211108-JonathanCOng.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=247-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20211108-JonathanCOng.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20211108-JonathanCOng.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/techsequences\/id1509826111?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6BgXkvatS6UgsTsJVi7BJE?si=N7tlTeOkTlOrg3Ysco2nbw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you did not know by now, rest assured there is a thriving disinformation industry.\u00a0 But have you ever wondered how it actually works? 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