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My Reality Is More Truthful Than Yours: Radical Right-Wing Politicians’ and Citizens’ Construction of “Fake” and “Truthfulness” on Social Media—Evidence From the United States and The Netherlands | International Journal of Communication
by Michael Hameleers
4 days ago
Although a growing body of literature has provided important insight into the conceptualization and consequences of mis- and disinformation, we…
Attempts at Debunking “Fake News” about Epidemics Might Do More Harm Than Good | Scientific American
by Gary Stix
February 14, 2020
Was it a bioweapon from a virology institute? Had it been known before and already patented? Could homeopathic remedies help?…
Pausing to consider why a headline is true or false can help reduce the sharing of false news | HKS Misinformation Review
by Lisa Fazio
February 11, 2020
In an online experiment, participants who paused to explain why a headline was true or false indicated that they were…
Ripping reality apart | Popular Information
by Judd Legum
February 11, 2020
Political disinformation existed long before the rise of Donald Trump and social media. In the 1990s, for example, right-wing operatives…
It’s not misinformation. It’s faith. | Columbia Journalism Review
by Amanda Darrach
February 7, 2020
I first met the anti-vaxxers in the spring of last year, at the height of the measles outbreak. It was…
Why you can trust the Iowa caucus results once they’re released | Vox
by German Lopez
February 4, 2020
We still don’t know who won the Democratic Iowa caucuses, largely due to technical issues with an app that precincts…
Facebook and Twitter are the least trusted political news providers, Pew survey says | Fortune
by Danielle Abril
January 31, 2020
Facebook and Twitter are a long way from instilling confidence after letting misinformation flood their services during recent elections, according…
The Case for Digital Public Infrastructure | Knight First Amendment Institute
by Ethan Zuckerman
January 21, 2020
The introduction of new media technologies invariably brings about potent social and economic shifts. We are well into one of…
How We See Disinformation | Columbia Journalism Review
by Columbia Journalism Review
December 6, 2019
The American news landscape has been infiltrated by disinformation, according to a new poll for CJR by Reuters/Ipsos, and a…