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How to Build an Infodemic Insights Report in Six Steps
World Health Organization (WHO); UNICEF (2023), v, 73 pp.
"This manual provides a quick overview of the steps required to develop an infodemic insights report that can be used during an emergency response or for routine health programming (where so-called low-level infodemics may be more common). The steps are: 1. Choose the question that infodemic managem
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Bias, Belief, and Conviction in an Age of Fake Facts
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xiii, 212 pp.
"In this book, authors engage in an interdisciplinary discourse of theory and practice on the concept of personal conviction, addressing the variety of grey zones that mark the concept. Bias, Belief, and Conviction in an Age of Fake Facts discusses where our convictions come from and whether we are
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A systematic literature review of the motivations to share fake news on social media platforms and how to fight them
New Media & Society, volume 26, issue 2 (2023), pp. 1127-1150
"This review aims (a) to investigate the motivations to share fake news on Social Media Platforms (SMPs) according to the Self-Determination Theory (SDT); (b) to identify the solutions to fight these motivations and the agents in charge of implementing them; and (c) the user’s role in this process
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The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xliv, 386 pp.
"The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge resource on the critical debates surrounding fake news and misinformation online. Spanning all continents and linking academic, journalistic, and educational communities, this collection offers authoritative cov
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"On average in the 16 countries surveyed, 56% of internet users frequently use social media to stay informed about current events, far ahead of television (44%). However, it is worth noting that differences exist among population groups: television is the primary source in the most developed countri
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Conspiracy theories in the time of COVID-19
London; New York: Routledge (2023), x, 237 pp.
"Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 provides a wide-ranging analysis of the emergence and development of conspiracy theories during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on the US and the UK. The book combines digital methods analysis of large datasets assembled from social media with politic
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Combate à desinformação sobre a Amazônia legal e seus defensores
São Paulo: Intervozes (2023), 59 pp.
Lebanon's Information Environment: Exploring Appropriate Responses
Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation; National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (2023), 32 pp.
"The purpose of this study is twofold: to understand how the Lebanese public consumes news published on traditional and alternative media, with a focus on how they perceive and deal with disinformation campaigns and fake news, and to build a comprehensive view of the organizations and initiatives th
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Safer TikTok: Strategien im Umgang mit Antisemitismus und Hassrede auf TikTok
Frankfurt am Main: Bildungsstätte Anne Frank (2023), 53 pp.
"Verschwörungstheoretiker*innen, Antisemit*innen und Rassist*innen haben sich ein Standbein auf TikTok gebaut – das berichten Expert*innen und bildungspolitische Akteur*innen immer wieder. Besonders in Krisenzeiten hat diese Art Content Konjunktur – so etwa während der Corona-Pandamie oder der
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Regulating Disinformation on Twitter and Facebook
Griffith Law Review, volume 31, issue 4 (2023), pp. 513-536
"The spread of disinformation in recent years has caused the international community concerns, particularly around its impact on electoral and public health outcomes. When one considers how disinformation can be contained, one often looks to new laws imposing more accountability on prominent social
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The Psychological Impacts and Message Features of Health Misinformation: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
European Psychologist, volume 28, issue 3 (2023), pp. 162-172
"What does health misinformation look like, and what is its impact? We conducted a systematic review of 45 articles containing 64 randomized controlled trials (RCTs; N = 37,552) on the impact of health misinformation on behaviors and their psychological antecedents. We applied a planetary health per
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Panorama da infodemia socioambiental: Análise multiplataforma do ecossistema brasileiro de mídia digital 2021-2022
NetLab (2023), 75 pp.
"A desinformação ambiental é uma das pautas centrais na propaganda política da extrema-direita brasileira, servindo de argumento para o desmonte da proteção do meio ambiente e o avanço sistemático de atividades extrativistas no Brasil. Em última instância, nossos resultados apontam para a
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Perceived Prevalence of Misinformation Fuels Worries About COVID-19: A Cross-Country, Multi-Method Investigation
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 16 (2023), pp. 3133-3156
"Data suggests that the majority of citizens in various countries came across ‘fake news’ during the COVID-19 pandemic. We test the relationship between perceived prevalence of misinformation and people’s worries about COVID-19. In Study 1, analyses of a survey across 17 countries indicate a p
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From Disinformation to Fact-Checking: How Ibero-American Fact-Checkers on Twitter Combat Fake News
Profesional de la Información, volume 32, issue 1 (2023), 14 pp.
"In recent years, the disinformation phenomenon, brought about by the ease with which fake news and hoaxes spread on social networks, has grown considerably. Twitter, especially, is a network that from the outset has been closely linked to news processes that are widely used by journalists. It has b
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The Spot the Troll Quiz game increases accuracy in discerning between real and inauthentic social media accounts
PNAS Nexus, volume 2, issue 4 (2023), pp. 1-11
"The proliferation of political mis/disinformation on social media has led many scholars to embrace “inoculation” techniques, where individuals are trained to identify the signs of low-veracity information prior to exposure. Coordinated information operations frequently spread mis/disinformation
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Der regionale Blick. Medien in Tatarstan und Baschkortostan und Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine
Russland-Analysen, issue 441 (2023), pp. 13-18
"Der Beitrag analysiert die Berichterstattung über den Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine in den russischen Teilrepubliken Tatarstan und Baschkortostan, welche sich beide durch die starke Präsenz von turksprachigen Bevölkerungsgruppen auszeichnen. Die Medienanalyse ergab, dass die Berichterstattung
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Falling for Russian Propaganda: Understanding the Factors that Contribute to Belief in Pro-Kremlin Disinformation on Social Media
Social Media + Society, volume 9, issue 4 (2023), 10 pp.
"As Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, social media was rife with pro-Kremlin disinformation. To effectively tackle the issue of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, this study examines the underlying reasons why some individuals are susceptible to false claims
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Desinformação e a campanha contra a imprensa: Análise do ecosistema de mídias e propaganda digital multiplataforma
NetLab; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) (2023), 56 slides
"Uma campanha anti-imprensa permanente força e acelera a perda de credibilidade da mídia profissional. Os ataques são orquestrados e contam com um ecossistema de desinformação bem estruturado e auto-sustentável. A campanha é financiada por políticos de pequena expressão e veículos de junk.
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Fake News, Disinformation and Misinformation in Social Media: A Review
Social Network Analysis and Mining, volume 13, issue 30 (2023), 36 pp.
"This work aims to provide a comprehensive and systematic review of fake news research as well as a fundamental review of existing approaches used to detect and prevent fake news from spreading via OSNs. We present the research problem and the existing challenges, discuss the state of the art in exi
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