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  1. Misinformation occurs when people hold incorrect factual beliefs and do so confidently. The problem, first conceptualized by Kuklinski and colleagues in 2000, plagues political systems and is exceedingly difficult to correct. In this review, we assess the empirical literature on political misinformation in the United States and consider what ...

  2. Nov 15, 2023 · Political misinformation was the most commonly studied topic until 2021, when COVID-related misinformation research became the dominant focus of the field (see Table 3 for a full breakdown of the topics included in the selected studies).

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    • Sara Atske
    • Most Americans said they saw made-up news and expressed concern about it. Even a year before the 2020 election, in November 2019, the vast majority of Americans said they were either “very” (48%) or “somewhat” (34%) concerned about the impact made-up news could have on the election.
    • What Americans categorized as made-up news varied widely – and often aligned with partisan views. Especially in America’s polarized political environment, just because people say that something seemed made up doesn’t mean it was.
    • While political divides were a big part of the equation, news diet within party has been a consistent factor in what Americans believe, whether true or untrue.
  4. Feb 15, 2022 · This review focuses on three sensitive domains of disaster, health, and politics, setting three objectives: (a) to analyze previous studies to understand the impact of misinformation on the three domains (b) to identify theoretical perspectives used to examine the spread of misinformation on social media and (c) to develop a framework to study ...

    • Sadiq Muhammed T, Saji K. Mathew
    • Int J Data Sci Anal. 2022; 13(4): 271-285.
    • 10.1007/s41060-022-00311-6
    • 2022
  5. Feb 19, 2020 · Abstract. Artificial Intelligence (AI) now enables the mass creation of what have become known as “deepfakes”: synthetic videos that closely resemble real videos.

    • Cristian Vaccari, Andrew Chadwick
    • 2020
  6. Jun 2, 2020 · June 2, 2020. Share. Download PDF. Peer Reviewed. Misinformation in action: Fake news exposure is linked to lower trust in media, higher trust in government when your side is in power. One major concern about fake news is that it could damage the public trust in democratic institutions.

  7. Mar 10, 2022 · Although researchers have debated the effect of fake news on the outcomes of major societal events, such as political elections 2, 3, the spread of misinformation has much clearer potential...

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