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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
New research published in Public Opinion Quarterly reveals a correlation between the number of times President Donald Trump repeated falsehoods during his presidency and misperceptions among Republicans, and that the repetition effect was stronger on the beliefs of people who consume information primarily from right-leaning news outlets.
Eight in 10 U.S. teenagers are exposed to conspiracy theories on social media at least once a week, a recent study found. Of those teenagers, around 81% believe at least one, according the News ...
A 2019 article in USA Today stated that "[In the 2020 election,] with so many people running for president and so many bad actors trying to spread disinformation about them, it will be difficult to determine what is 'fake news' and who created it. The question is not if or when there will be disinformation campaigns, because they have already ...
A recent Pew Research Center investigation found that the poll results inspiring headlines like "One in five young Americans thinks the Holocaust is a myth" are misleading.
Oct. 14—A recent poll by the Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research showed Americans are well aware of the problems associated with misinformation and see the damage to ...
People may be more prone to believe misinformation because they are emotionally connected to what they are listening to or are reading. Social media has made information readily available to society at anytime, and it connects vast groups of people along with their information at one time. [ 16 ]
In January 2018, it was reported that a Gallup-Knight Foundation survey found that 17% of Democrats and 42% of Republicans "consider accurate news stories that cast a politician or political group in a negative light to always be 'fake news.'" [51] A June 2018 poll by Axios and Survey Monkey found that 72% of Americans believe "traditional news ...