[Ads-l] Word: prebunking: premediation

[Geoffrey Nathan]

My former Wayne State  colleague Richard Grusin (now at Wisconsin-Milwaukee) is a
literary media specialist. He has been using the term premediation to refer to
the media discussing something bad that is likely to happen, perhaps
(in some kind of conspiratorial way) to 'soften us up' for the actual event or concept.
He's got a book and a couple of articles on it.

https://www.amazon.com/Premediation-Affect-Mediality-After-11/dp/0230242529

FWIW.

Geoff

Geoffrey S. Nathan
WSU Information Privacy Officer (Retired)
Emeritus Professor, Linguistics Program
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/an6993

geoffnathan at wayne.edu


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Website: AP News
Article: Google to expand misinformation =E2=80=98prebunking=E2=80=99 in Eu=
rope
Author:  DAVID KLEPPER
Date: February 13, 2023

https://apnews.com/article/technology-science-politics-germany-business-a10=
273eea5a0227c38187cc4f84d8788

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It=E2=80=99s an approach called prebunking, which involves teaching people =
how
to spot false claims before they encounter them. The strategy is
gaining support among researchers and tech companies.
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