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This book provides a review of current research in fake news and presents six new empirical research studies examining its impact. The chapters included in this book were originally published as a special issue of
Journal of Management Information Systems.
List of contents
Introduction to Fake News on the Internet 1. The Effect of Platform Intervention Policies on Fake News Dissemination and Survival: An Empirical Examination 2. Biased Credibility and Sharing of Fake News on Social Media: Considering Peer Context and Self-Objectivity State 3. The Effect of the Expressed Anger and Sadness on Online News Believability 4. Dynamic Effects of Falsehoods and Corrections on Social Media: A Theoretical Modeling and Empirical Evidence 5. Cure or Poison? Identity Verification and the Posting of Fake News on Social Media 6. Emotions: The Unexplored Fuel of Fake News on Social Media 7. Uncovering the Truth about Fake News: A Research Model Grounded in Multi-Disciplinary Literature
About the author
Alan R. Dennis is Professor of Information Systems and John T. Chambers Chair of Internet Systems at Indiana University. He was named a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems in 2012 and received the LEO award in 2021. He is a Past President of the AIS, and also served as Vice President for Conferences.
Dennis F. Galletta is Thomas H. O'Brien Chair of Information Systems at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. He served as the President of Association for Information Systems (AIS) in 2007, was named an AIS Fellow in 2002, and received a lifetime achievement (LEO) award in 2015. He has served four consecutive terms as Katz Director of Doctoral Programs. His research focuses on human-computer interaction and credibility of online information.
Jane Webster is the E. Marie Shantz Chair Emerita in Management Information Systems at Queen's University, Canada and a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems. Jane served as a senior editor for
MIS Quarterly, and VP Publications for the Association for Information Systems. Her current research examines ways to encourage more environmentally sustainable behaviors in organizations.
Summary
This book provides a review of current research in fake news and presents six new empirical research studies examining its impact. The chapters included in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Management Information Systems.
