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Information Asymmetry: The Informed Minority Advantage

Doctor Spin

In Wikipedia. In Wikipedia. In Wikipedia. In Wikipedia. In Wikipedia. 1 Mafia (party game). 2024, January 13). link] In the spring of 1987, the Soviet Union was a world of its own, and Moscow was its heart. 2 Andrew Plotkin. 2022, October 10). link] Werewolf is a game based on information asymmetry. 6 Among Us.

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It’s the End of the Truth as we Know it – is PR fine?

Flack's Revenge

It’s like we went to sleep in late 2016 and woke up with a post-election New Years, fake news, post-truth hangover. With the Internet being driven to every corner of the globe — and one Wikipedia for all — at last we would have a universally agreed upon baseline for Truth.

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The Sword of Certainty: Information is Power

Doctor Spin

In Wikipedia. In Wikipedia. While their work is primarily in economics, the principles broadly apply to situations where unequal information distribution affects decision-making. 3 Information asymmetry. 2023, December 11). link] Information asymmetry is dynamic, where the informed advantage is sometimes good, sometimes bad.

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Who Is Fighting Fake News? [article]

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The initiative will create a subscription tool for consumers, so readers can safely subscribe to their favorite news outlets through Google. Any time YouTube finds a questionable piece of video content, it will add a text box linking pertinent “factual” information supplied by Wikipedia. So, what does that entail?

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PR in 2015: The Trouble with Authenticity

Mark My Words

The scale and sophistication of the car manufacturer’s manipulation will linger in the consumer atmosphere for years to come. 2016 will be about responsibility. In 2016 we will likely see traditional journalism recede even further from original investigation. Forget authenticity.