inhibiting (but not eradicating) the spread of fake news stories. Hoaxes and fake news are often little more than annoyances to unsuspecting readers; but sometimes circulating stories negatively affectbusinessesorlocalitiesby spreading false, disruptive claims that are widely believed. ...
Hate-Crime Hoaxes Reflect America’s Sickness FROM NATIONAL REVIEW: On January 29, tabloid news site TMZ broke the shocking story that Jussie Smollett, a gay black entertainer and progressive activist, had been viciously attacked in Chicago. Two racist white men had fractured his rib, poure...
This study provides an integrated approach to understand how different SM affordances may instigate fake news, leading to social chaos and panic. This calls for research into other circumstances and contexts including the effect of SM misinformation on anti-vaccination campaign, brand hate and avoidance...
Then on September 13, 2016 Hillary Clinton supporters Google and Eric Schmidt, used a shell charity (a non-profit called "First Draft,") to start seeding the term to attack right wing websites ("to tackle malicious hoaxes and fake news reports"). Hillary Clinton and her surrogate David Bro...
Although it was posteriorly fact-checked, the consequences are still present today, with some studies suggesting the existence of a high percentage of believers in HIV-related hoaxes [3,4]. More recently, an investigation conducted by a special counsel (commonly known as “The Muller Report”) ...
rebelo now shifts through content—hoaxes, cons, doctored videos, and photos—trying daily to take the pulse of india’s internet and call out those filling it with a seemingly unending barrage of disinformation. on her own facebook page, rebelo describes herself as a “sanitation worker ...
rebelo now shifts through content—hoaxes, cons, doctored videos, and photos—trying daily to take the pulse of india’s internet and call out those filling it with a seemingly unending barrage of disinformation. on her own facebook page, rebelo describes...
Does a story suggest that one assault or robbery is part of a huge crime wave, or that a business going bankrupt is part of an entire industry in trouble? These narratives might ultimately be correct, but they’re worth identifying and examining on their own, to see if ther...
Related:Top 10 paranormal hoaxes 8 Hounding the aliens ...Getty Editorial Crazy is one thing. Hysterically absurd is quite another. Say "hello" to Buck Nelson and his pooch from Venus. Back in the 1950s, said the Missouri-based farmer, he met with a group of Venusians who brought along...