Information Overload Helps Fake News Spread, and Social Media Knows It
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Consider Andy, who is worried about contracting COVID-19. Unable to read all the articles he sees on it, he relies on trusted…
Consider Andy, who is worried about contracting COVID-19. Unable to read all the articles he sees on it, he relies on trusted…
Social media are among the primary sources of news in the U.S. and across the world.
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.
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The circulation of fake news through social media in the 2016 presidential election has raised several concerns about online…
and Trudi Jacobson, University at Albany, State University of New York The circulation of fake news through social media in the…
and Trudi Jacobson, University at Albany, State University of New York The circulation of fake news through social media in the…
Thomas P. Mackey, SUNY Empire State College and Trudi Jacobson, University at Albany, State University of New York The…
Thomas P. Mackey, SUNY Empire State College and Trudi Jacobson, University at Albany, State University of New York The…
I f you get your news from social media, as most Americans do, you are exposed to a daily dose of hoaxes, rumors, conspiracy…
If you get your news from social media, as most Americans do, you are exposed to a daily dose of hoaxes, rumors, conspiracy…
A man reads the broadsheet format 'Sydney Morning Herald' newspaper at a cafe on March 1, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
© (Kevin Mazur/ for Facebook) It can be difficult for users to decipher reliable news from fake sources on social media sites.
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.
If you get your news from social media, as most Americans do, you are exposed to a daily dose of hoaxes, rumors, conspiracy…
Home Technology Computer Sciences November 28, 2016 November 28, 2016 by Filippo Menczer, The Conversation If you get your news…
By Filippo Menczer If you get your news from social media, as most Americans do, you are exposed to a daily dose of hoaxes…
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America's pathologically untruthful government, as revealed by Edward Snowden and other courageous truthtellers, has decided to…
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