{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Augsburg Now","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now","author_name":"farrisr","author_url":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/author\/farrisr\/","title":"Combating misinformation through strategic communication - Augsburg Now","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"h83EOSMdjK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2025\/10\/01\/combating-misinformation-through-strategic-communication\/\">Combating misinformation through strategic communication<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2025\/10\/01\/combating-misinformation-through-strategic-communication\/embed\/#?secret=h83EOSMdjK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Combating misinformation through strategic communication&#8221; &#8212; Augsburg Now\" data-secret=\"h83EOSMdjK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Yuming-Fang-Header.png","thumbnail_width":900,"thumbnail_height":500,"description":"Yuming Fang takes the \u201ccritical thinkers\u201d part of Augsburg\u2019s mission statement seriously. Now in her second year as an assistant professor of communication studies, she is an expert in misinformation\u2014how it spreads, why we believe it, and how to disrupt it. Fang\u2019s research has shown that familiarity leads to credulousness: the more familiar a piece"}