Motivations to share fake news on social media platforms: a systematic literature review

The study “A systematic literature review of the motivations to share fake news on social media platforms and how to fight them” by Cristiane Melchior and Mírian Oliveira from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) in Brazil was a systematic literature review of 64 journal articles published up to April 2022 on … Continued

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Published: 30 Jun 2023

The role of automated fact-checking (AFC) on journalistic authority

The study “A Case of Claims and Facts: Automated Fact-Checking the Future of Journalism’s Authority” by Patrick R. Johnson from University of Iowa used metajournalistic discourse analysis to analyze 137 articles about automated fact-checking to understand its role. Graves, Nyhan, and Reifler (2016) claim that fact-checking is “one of the most significant innovations in journalistic … Continued

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Published: 31 Mar 2023

How media outlets and Internet companies fight deepfakes

The new article “Fighting Deepfakes: Media and Internet Giants’ Converging and Diverging Strategies Against Hi-Tech Misinformation” by Ángel Vizoso, Martín Vaz-Álvarez, and Xosé López-García, all of University of Santiago de Compostela in Media and Communication, looks at how three media outlets and three Internet-based companies deal with a new form of misinformation: deepfakes. Deepfake is … Continued

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Published: 20 Apr 2021

REPORT: Combating fake news

A conference Combating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and Action was held on February 17–18, 2017. David Lazer, Nir Grinberg, Lisa Friedland, Kenneth Joseph and Will Hobbs, all of Northeastern University and Harvard University, Matthew Baum, of Harvard University and Carolina Mattsson, of Northeastern University (not in original order) wrote a final report drawing from the conference presentations. … Continued

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Published: 23 May 2017