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Misinformation and propaganda are not new, but they are prevalent in a more digital world.. News swiftly comes across smartpho ne screens, and people consume so much information on social media ...
The application of social network theory to social media provides useful insights into the spread of misinformation. For example, tightly connected networks may be used to represent echo chambers . This theory is useful for devising countermeasures to misinformation on a social media platform level, such as down ranking or removing posts and ...
Misinformation researchers say they are adapting to a changed social media landscape and, despite the challenges they face, are continuing to shine a light on conspiracy theories and false claims.
For voters, social media was a major source of information on the election. A January 2016 study conducted by the Pew Research Center found that 44% of respondents had learned something about the election from social media in the previous week, and that 14% of respondents found it to be the most helpful type of source for election news. [13]
The Shorenstein Center at Harvard University defines disinformation research as an academic field that studies "the spread and impacts of misinformation, disinformation, and media manipulation," including "how it spreads through online and offline channels, and why people are susceptible to believing bad information, and successful strategies for mitigating its impact". [23]
In the wake of Hamas’s deadly attacks in Israel over the weekend, and the retaliatory strikes against Gaza, misinformation is teeming across social media and some mainstream news outlets.
The kinds of ethical, social and legal frameworks that journalism and print publishing have developed have not been applied to social media platforms. [175] It has been pointed out that social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter lack incentives to control disinformation or to self-regulate.
Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have found themselves defending accusations of censorship for removing posts they have deemed to be misinformation. Social media censorship policies relying on government agency-issued guidance to determine information validity have garnered criticism that such policies have the unintended effect ...