Article: The News Values of Fake News
The study “The news values of fake news” by Bashayer Baissa from University of Birmingham and Taif University, and Matteo Fuoli, and Jack Grieve from University of Birmingham analyzed fake … Continued
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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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued