(Media Mention) - Disinformation is often about power and fear of losing it, expert says

We sometimes find ourselves at odds with one another despite our shared identities. In these increasingly polarizing times, it is not uncommon for conversations to quickly become heated. This can be seen within our diasporic, often multi-generational family structures in the Filipinx/a/o community, and it can be difficult to understand why. Different generations express themselves differently. People who immigrated to this country may have different perspectives from those born here. The conditions of the country, and the systems that we navigate every day deeply inform our circumstances and how we respond to them. As technology has grown exponentially in the past few decades, our access to information is much more expansive today than ever before. How we receive and pass on that information plays a significant role in how we move in the world.

Through grant funding awarded by the National Endowment of the Humanities, AFIRE has partnered with Rachel Kuo, Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to explore the ways and reasons in which disinformation is spread. These conversations will be held in our community education space, Seeding AFIRE, on March 15, 2025. Check out the article here.