How does disinformation spread, who is behind it, who is most vulnerable to believe misinformation, and what strategies can help counter it?

These are some of the questions that we strived to answer in our first episode of the Pathways Deep Dive Podcast: Unpacking Environmental Mis- and Disinformation.

Disinformation is a result of an organized, systemic network of actors, and is a significantly profitable endeavour for those behind the scenes.

We shouldn’t forget though that such networks are so successful because they are able to exploit the psychological factors that render us more vulnerable to believing fake news in the first place.

To help us go through the interplays of these two dimensions, we are grateful to have been joined by:

• Thais Lazzeri, founder and director of @FALA – Estúdio de Impacto. A jour ...