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Apr 26, 2018 · By April 26, 2018. A TV ad that misleads about U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis’ position on immigration also incorrectly describes a relationship between PolitiFact and liberal philanthropist George...
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Aug 9, 2018 · The National Liberty Federation then ran ads with a similar attack. The group is run by Palm Beach County resident Everett Wilkinson, who used to run a tea party group.
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The long-standing problem of political misinformation drew public attention in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Scholars, journalists, and politicians expressed alarm that the spread of fake news could destabilize political institutions and delegitimize media organizations. Despite those widespread concerns, there is relatively...
This study set out to investigate the impact of fake news consumption on confidence in democratic institutions. Combining two-wave survey data with records of online behavior, we examined the role of misinformation exposure (a binary variable) as a predictor of trust in the media and the political system. While a single fake news encounter may not ...
Data collection The data used in this study was collected by the opinion polling company YouGov. A total of 3,000 participants completed two surveys conducted shortly before and after the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. The first survey wave was fielded between October 18 and October 24 of 2018. The second wave was collected between November 23 and De...
- Katherine Ognyanova, David Lazer, Ronald E. Robertson, Christo Wilson
- 2020
May 7, 2021 · In an ecosystem where that sense of identity conflict is all-consuming, she wrote, “belonging is stronger than facts.”. Max Fisher is a New York-based international reporter and columnist. He ...
Oct 20, 2021 · This article situates the post-truth and fake news debate in the Lippmann–Hayek nexus. The article argues that the 21st-century media market works as a Hayekian information processor that disrupts established liberal gate-keeping institutions, such as journalism.
- Timo Harjuniemi
- 2021
Sep 1, 2017 · Fake news and the spread of misinformation: A research roundup. This collection of research offers insights into the impacts of fake news and other forms of misinformation, including fake Twitter images, and how people use the internet to spread rumors and misinformation.
Feb 14, 2019 · According to a common definition, fake news items are lies – that is, deliberately false factual statements, distributed via news channels. 6 But current usage is not yet settled, and there are clearly different types of fake news that should not be confounded for legal purposes. 7 This article will use ‘fake news’ as an umbrella term and take u...
