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Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election [PDF]
Following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, many have expressed concern about the effects of false stories ("fake news"), circulated largely through social media.
Hunt Allcott, Matthew Gentzkow
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Providing effective clinical oncology care these days includes practicing in an environment abundant with fake news, emanating from what some might otherwise consider an alternate universe. So-called facts are out there-after being twisted, manipulated, and/or just plain made up-and they create a slurry of misinformation, disinformation, or a lack of ...
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Research suggests that Facebook’s reputation as a news source is in decline. One reason for this development might be found in how users perceive their own exposure to alleged ‘fake news’ - a phenomenon which has been strongly linked to Facebook in ...
Philipp Müller, Anne Schulz
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Fake news is a topic that has been discussed for quite some time. Prior to the internet era, it was mostly distributed through yellow journalism, with a focus on sensational news such as crime, rumours, accidents, and amusing news.
Tavishee Chauhan, M.E +1 more
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Fake News and Freedom of Expression: An Iranian Perspective [PDF]
After a brief description of what fake news is and how it has been developed historically, we have claimed that fake news as we know it is generally a social media phenomenon. Despite the fact that Iran is considered a developing country, and not still a
Maryam Sabzali +4 more
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I consider a situation in which citizens consult a report by the media to learn the state of the world. Besides the true state of the world, the report can contain two types of inaccuracies: persistent bias following from the media's ideology and random noise.
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Fake News, It's Ideology Stupid [PDF]
Ideology is everywhere in political speaking, writing, and conversing.
David Backer
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O presente trabalho versa sobre a exposição, comparativa, entre o conceito doutrinário e o jurisprudencial acerca das denominadas Fake News. Inicialmente, se estuda a problemática da terminologia mais apropriada para descrever o fenômeno das Fake News ou o uso do termo desinformação. Discorre-se sobre os caracteres essenciais, para a doutrina, em busca
Dan-Ion CĂLIN +2 more
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Stemming the Tide of Fake News about the COVID-19 Pandemic
While the world has been combating COVID, there has also been an ongoing “Infodemic,” caused by the spread of fake news about the pandemic. Due to the rapid data sharing on social media, the impact of fake news can be quite damaging.
Chih-yuan Li, Soon Chun, James Geller
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The problem of fake news has gained a lot of attention as it is claimed to have had a significant impact on 2016 US Presidential Elections. Fake news is not a new problem and its spread in social networks is well-studied.
Adali, Sibel, Horne, Benjamin D.
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