Fake News in an Era of Social Media - Tracking Viral Contagion

In this book, the authors examine factors influencing the spread of fake news, and suggest ways to combat it by exploring the key elements which enable and facilitate this phenomenon.

List of contents

Foreword: Fake News-Anxieties and Neurosis in the Era of Social Media
1. History of Fake News, Fadi Safieddine
2. Fake News, Media, and the Fourth Estate, Yasmin Ibrahim
3. Political and Social Impact of Digital Fake News in an Era of Social Media, Fadi Safieddine
4. Case Study: Fake News and Threat to Brazilians' Health, Gheorghita Ghinea, Suzana G. Cardoso, Marian C. M. Caparelli
5. The Psychology of Fake News, Seth M. Porter
6. Modelling the Propagation of Fake News in Social Media, Pardis Pourghomi
7. Corporate Attempts to Combat Fake News, Milan Djordjevic
8. Academic Research into Combating Fake News, Pardis Pourghomi
9. Variable Identification and Approaches to Validating Fake News, Milan Dordevic and Dr Fadi Safieddine
10. Fake News: A Legal Perspective, Moufid El-Khoury
11. The Ethics of the Posttruth Society: Where Are We With This? Yasmin Ibrahim
Index

About the author

Yasmin Ibrahim is Professor of Digital Economy and Culture at Queen Mary University of London.
Fadi Safieddine is Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of East London.

Product details

• Authors: Yasmin Safieddine Ibrahim
• Assisted by: Yasmin Ibrahim (Editor), Ibrahim Yasmin (Editor), Fadi Safieddine (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781538148150
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4815-0
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Political structure & processes, Disinformation and misinformation