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Summary:

In 2016, an army of teenagers in Macedonia discovered a wildly lucrative game of posting false political clickbait news articles on Facebook for profit. By creating websites leading up to the presidential election that published sensationalized and misleading news stories about American politics, they generated a massive income and influenced the election. This film offers a rare glimpse inside the secret network behind these websites, including one notorious ringleader whose social media reach had vast implications on American readers, and explores how disinformation campaigns are continuing to strongly impact the U.S. today leading into the 2020 presidential election.

Contributors:

Iwerks, Leslie , film director, film producer, editor of moving image work

Iwerks & Co. , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Revelations Entertainment (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Good Docs (Firm) , distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dst

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Closed captioning available.

Subjects:

Facebook (Firm) — Influence

Presidents — United States — Election — 2016

Social media — Political aspects — United States

Foreign interference in elections — Macedonia

Internet in political campaigns — United States

Disinformation — Political aspects — United States

United States — Foreign relations — Macedonia

Macedonia — Foreign relations — United States

United States — Politics and government — 2017-2021

Facebook (Firm)

2016-2021

Presidents — Election

Presidents

Social media — Political aspects

Social media

Foreign interference in elections

Internet in political campaigns

Disinformation

Diplomatic relations

Politics and government

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Europe — Macedonia

United States

Genres:

Internet videos

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Short films

Online media

System Details:

Digital format: System requirements: Adobe Flash or equivalent.

Performers:

Leslie Iwerks.

Production Credits:

Co-editor Doug Jacobson ; director of photography Suki Medencevic, ASC.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Originally produced by: Iwerks & Co. & Revelations Entertainment, ©2018; previously released in 2019.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 15, 2021).
Public performance rights included.
Institutional Streaming Licenses permit screening on the Unified Campus to a group only when no admission is charged and there is no advertising outside the learning community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (31 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Docuseek2: gd-sl

OCLC Numbers:

1271384103

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: doc00002020