Study shows verified users are among biggest culprits when it comes to sharing fake news
The rise of fake news is one of the sweeping challenges facing the media industry. It's everywhere—and unfortunately, it only seems to be getting worse.
The rise of fake news is one of the sweeping challenges facing the media industry. It's everywhere—and unfortunately, it only seems to be getting worse.
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2021
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The Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building gave two South Dakota State University School of Communication and Journalism faculty members an opportunity to examine what motivates compulsive social media use during ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2021
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Someone on your favorite sports team is accused of date rape. A local city council candidate is charged in the sexual assault of a co-worker. Accusations surface about coaches of a gymnastics team.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2021
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In this era of political polarization, many accuse online social media platforms such as Twitter of liberal bias, intentionally favoring and amplifying liberal content and users while suppressing other political content.
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2021
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Fox News and MSNBC anchor opposing ends of the political spectrum and, as a consequence, are the focus of an international study led by two Florida Atlantic University researchers on the social psychology of three United ...
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2021
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Many legacy media outlets played an unwitting role in the growth of the four most successful fake Twitter accounts hosted by the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) that were created to spread disinformation during the ...
Political science
Jul 16, 2021
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New research finds that high school students who attended school remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered socially, emotionally, and academically compared with those who attended in person.
Education
Jul 14, 2021
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Researchers from Bentley University have been exploring how readers at partisan news sites respond to news events that challenge their worldview.
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2021
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The COVID-19 global pandemic has been accompanied by misinformation about the virus, its origins and how it spreads.
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2021
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One high-profile theory of why people share fake news says that they aren't paying sufficient attention. The proposed solution is therefore to nudge people in the right direction. For example, "accuracy primes"—short reminders ...
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2021
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