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Fake news in an era of social media : tracking viral contagion / edited by Yasmin Ibrahim and Fadi Safieddine

Ibrahim, Yasmin [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Safieddine, Fadi, 1974- [Herausgeberin/-geber]

London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2020] [© 2020]

xii, 183 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme ; 24 cm

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: Fake news in an era of social media. - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2020 (Online-Ausgabe)

978-1-5381-4815-0 (paperback); 978-1-78661-421-6 (hardback)

978-1-78661-422-3 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2019048404

9781538148150

1767979207

OCoLC: 1149146728      ; OCoLC: 1265351126     

AP 14050  | AP 16100  | AP 17960  | AP 18420  | AP 15965  | AP 17800      Ähnliche Literatur

HM742

300 ; 302.2 ; 302.23/1

Basisklassifikation: 05.38 (Neue elektronische Medien) <Kommunikationswissenschaft>

*Falschmeldung ; Social Media ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Social media -- Psychological aspects ; Fake news

"Over the last few years, social media has expanded to become a key platform for news dissemination and circulation. Nations, governments, organisations and societies are now coming to terms with the unpredictable and debilitating consequences of fake news. The propagation of fake news has been linked to an increase in measles cases, surges in youth crimes, the spread of pseudo-science, compromised national security, and more. Some even perceive it as a global threat to democratic systems around the world. 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"--