ALT High-Density Abstract Session #3 Global Communication and Social Change Chair Ambar Basu, U of South Florida, USA Participants Tuning Out Traditional Media in the Global North and South: How Do Consumers of Misinformation on Digital and Social Media Compare in Australia and the Philippines? Christine Kearney, U of Technology, Sydney, AUSTRALIA Kate Delmo, U of Technology Sydney, AUSTRALIA Is Religious Extremism a Threat to Democracy or Question of Freedom of On-Offline Expression? Exploring Individual and County-Level Predictors from 15 EU States Viktor Tuzov, City U of Hong Kong, HONG KONG Muhammad Masood, City U of Hong Kong, HONG KONG Digital Media Literacy in East Africa: A Comparative Study between Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya Meghan Sobel Cohen, Regis U, USA Karen McIntyre, Virginia Commonwealth U, USA Brian Semujju, Makerere U, UGANDA Kioko Ireri, United States International U-Africa, KENYA Emmanuel Munyarukumbuzi, African Leadership U, RWANDA

ALT High-Density Abstract Session #3 Global Communication and Social Change Chair Ambar Basu, U of South Florida, USA Participants A Canary in the Twitter Mine: An Analysis of Cuba’s Mother’s Day Meme Storm, National Frustration, Collective Memory, and Politics of Representation Mariela Morales, U of Pennsylvania, USA How to Grow a Field: Network Roles and Structures in the Consolidation of the Global Fact- Checking Movement Laurens Lauer, U of Duisburg-Essen, SWITZERLAND Lucas Graves, U of Wisconsin, USA Digital Pyropoesis: Global Communication, Digital Networks, and Affect Theory Marwan Kraidy, Northwestern U in Qatar, QATAR