Summary

Experts tell us about how misinformation plays into our psychological instincts and how news and data literacy can help us build misinformation resilient societies.

Team

Executive Producer & Principal Investigator: Santosh Vijaykumar Podcast Producer: Amrita Singh Podcast Co-Producer: Aarti Sahasranaman Graphic Designer: Swati Sharma

Music Credits

1. “Butterflies in Love” by Sir Cubworth 2. “Pippin the Hunchback”, by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Unported license(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) 3. Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400005 4. Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 5. “English Country Garden” by Aaron Kenny 6. “Boardroom Theme” by Unicorn Heads 7. Light Sting by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 8. Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100433 9. Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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