We used the latest techniques from artificial intelligence to study how support for or opposition to a piece of fake news can spread within a social network.
The future of local news is sobering but not without some measure of hope. By illuminating both the values and challenges besetting local journalism, we can reimagine a new day for local news.
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Information on social media can be misleading because of biases in three places – the brain, society and algorithms. Scholars are developing ways to identify and display the effects of these biases.
Middle and high school students turn to alt-right websites for their research papers.
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A researcher discovered that many US students cite alt-right websites in their research papers. Should teachers discuss the websites to help students tell fact from fiction?
The French National Assembly, which is debating a law that would allow “fake news” to be banned in the pre-election period.
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Journalism needs to rebuild public trust, but it won’t be easy.
From left to right: Prince Oguguo, Carol Margaret Bitner, Sharon Crost, Michelle Mielly and Gazi Islam at the Grenoble Ecole de Management’s “Oxford-style debate”, part of the school’s 10th geopolitics festival.
As part of the Grenoble École de Management’s 2018 Geopolitics Festival, four scholars explored the art of debate – an antidote for toxic conversations in the fake-news era.
It’s not clear if Malaysia’s anti-fake news campaign is backed by behavioral science too.
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Many are wondering what Facebook, Twitter and even the government can do to stop the spread of fake news. Behavioral science has an answer: the Pro-Truth Pledge.
By 2022, people in developed countries may see more fake news than accurate information. Artificial intelligence may be to blame – but could also help people sort out the truth from lies.
After facing the US Congress the Facebook chief will have learned the easy part is over. From now on things will be tougher.
Through their commitments to, and dependence on, professional education and multidisciplinary research, universities have skin in the epistemic game.
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It’s time to (do more than) talk about knowledge. Universities must take leadership in helping develop students capacity to recognise different kinds of knowledge and work flexibly.
The largest television company in the US recently issued a coordinated campaign of scripted warnings about fake news.
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The fake news label has been used by politicians to discredit unfavourable media stories. But even assuming good intentions, new laws are incapable of tackling the menace.
We don’t automatically question information we read or hear.
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Cognitive psychologists know the way our minds work means we not only don’t notice errors and misinformation we know are wrong, we also then remember them as true.