March 13, 2018 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
In many countries over the past few years, the political process – and social cohesion – have been threatened by various forms of disinformation, sometimes misleadingly and inadequately called “fake news”. Politically-motivated and...
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March 8, 2018 •
Digital News, Recent, Research, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Caroline Lees
Journalists and computer scientists are working to develop automated fact-checking (AFC) to enable large-scale responses to online misinformation, according to a new Factsheet by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ)....
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February 1, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Caroline Lees
The first research into false news sites in Europe reveals that fake news sites in France and Italy have a far more limited reach than is often assumed. Engagement with these websites is also very low compared to most established news...
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August 18, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Zuzana Veselková
Freedom to publish on the internet and the expansion of social networks have brought unprecedented communication possibilities to the Czech Republic, as well as an influx of fake news, hoaxes, and disinformation. Campaigners draw attention...
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March 2, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Halyna Budivska
“Ukrainian radicals beat up children for speaking Russian” (FAKE); “University student expelled for asking President Poroshenko an ‘uncomfortable question’” (FAKE); “Ukrainian Armed Forces recruited mercenaries from...
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May 12, 2015 •
Research, Short stories •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
An alarm signal is sounding from Italy. Media researchers there have analysed how misinformation and conspiracy theories spread via social networks, such as Facebook, much faster than news from more reliable sources. A team of researchers,...
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