MediaFutures Project Update | Overtone

MediaFutures Project Update | Overtone

Overtone – MediaFutures OC3 midway blog post March 2023 How do you know what’s on the other side of a link – and whether it is something you want to read, or more likely to be harmful? Content flows around us in feeds, sluiced around  by clicks and shares and so on,...
MediaFutures Project Update | Dark Listening

MediaFutures Project Update | Dark Listening

Your online music stream is like a fresh breeze, bringing you new content, keeping you chill, and nudging your tastes forward. The ads we hear are bits of corporate bird branding that fall on us with a nice breeze. The occasional droppings on your arm may be a sign of...
MediaFutures Project Updates | fakingNEWS

MediaFutures Project Updates | fakingNEWS

Unmasking Fake News: The Power of Collective Wisdom In today’s world, fake news is pervasive, infiltrating every corner of our lives. As Hungarians, we’ve experienced the consequences of misinformation since 2010, and we understand the urgent need for...
MediaFutures Project Update | Sock Puppet Theater

MediaFutures Project Update | Sock Puppet Theater

Sock Puppet Theater is an interactive media artwork featuring animatronic sock puppets that speak the words of social media posts from sock puppet accounts known to have engaged in disinformation campaigns. Sock puppets are imposter social media accounts created to...
MediaFutures Project Updates | Ctrl. Alt. Img.

MediaFutures Project Updates | Ctrl. Alt. Img.

By now, you’ve probably tried out at least one of the newly launched image-generation apps yourself. You might have tried a prompt like ‘Woman working on her computer, which is a portal to another universe’, or ‘Man with superpowers rescues his neighborhood from a...
MediaFutures Project Updates | Trolls vs Elves

MediaFutures Project Updates | Trolls vs Elves

Customised Lies: The Sophistication of Disinformation Narratives Disinformation is a pervasive global issue affecting every country by distorting narratives about current issues such as the global pandemic, economic crisis, military conflicts, and immigration. While...