my mother wants me to “use twitter to contact Lady Gaga” and let her know that she is “very worried about her fibromyalgia and wants to be sure she is taking it easy”
The exercise is by Melanie Trecek-King (@ThinkingPowers), and based on the "Cranky Uncle" disinformation game by @johnfocook
and colleagues. https://t.co/vFgOmOq3kG
I encouraged them to use ad hominem, for entertainment value. The students read their letters aloud. Wackiness ensued, with much applause. (I led the applause — it was funny!) They used every tool, but they really took to ad hominem attacks. 2/n
My sustainability class just finished a module about disinformation. I had them write me a letter assuming they were flunking and arguing that they deserve an A, using the techniques of disinformation we discussed, like cherry picking, false experts and ad hominem. HOO-boy. 1/n