Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World

In the current day and age, objective facts have less influence on opinions and decisions than personal emotions and beliefs. Many individuals rely on their social networks to gather information thanks to social media's ability to share information rapidly and over a much greater geographic range. However, this creates an overall false balance as people tend to seek out information that is compatible with their existing views and values. They deliberately seek out "facts" and data that specifically support their conclusions and classify any information that contradicts their beliefs as "false news." Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World is a collection of innovative research on human and automated methods to deter the spread of misinformation online, such as legal or policy changes, information literacy workshops, and algorithms that can detect fake news dissemination patterns in social media. While highlighting topics including source credibility, share culture, and media literacy, this book is ideally designed for social media managers, technology and software developers, IT specialists, educators, columnists, writers, editors, journalists, broadcasters, newscasters, researchers, policymakers, and students.

Summary

Presents research on human and automated methods to deter the spread of misinformation online, such as legal or policy changes, information literacy workshops, and algorithms that can detect fake news dissemination patterns in social media. The book covers a range of topics including source credibility, share culture, and media literacy.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kimiz Dalkir (Editor), Kimiz (McGill University Canada) Dalkir (Editor), Rebecca Katz (Editor), Rebecca (McGill University Canada) Katz (Editor)
• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781799825432
• ISBN: 978-1-79982-543-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 286 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 1301 g
• Series: Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science