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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom
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The role of misinformation in the 2024 election

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Christina Farhart (left), an associate professor of political science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., and Emily Vraga (right), a professor in the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, pose for a portrait in the Kling Public Media Center in St. Paul on Tuesday.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

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In the months and weeks leading up to the presidential election, social media feeds were full of misinformation about a wide variety of issues.

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the role misinformation played in the 2024 election and how we can protect ourselves from it.

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MPR News host Angela Davis (left) talks with Christina Farhart (center), an associate professor of political science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., and Emily Vraga (right), a professor in the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, in an MPR News studio in St. Paul on Tuesday.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

Guests:

  • Emily Vraga is a professor in the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. She studies how people respond to news and information online and in social media and how to detect and correct misinformation.  

  • Christina Farhart is an associate professor of political science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. She studies political attitudes, conspiracy beliefs and misinformation.

Resources for fact-checking discussed during the show

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Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.