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How the news media distorts the reality of alcohol – new findings.
Bald-faced lies are fairly rare in Australian politics but, in 2016, weasel-words and cherry-picking were common. Politicians and public figures are experts at disguising opinion and ideology as fact.
Media misinformation is hardly new. But social media amplifies it and makes it harder to correct.
Researcher who has studied online news for 20 years says people fall for fake news because they don't value journalistic sources and consider themselves and their friends as credible news sources.
Researchers have found that today's students, despite being 'digital natives,' have a hard time distinguishing what is real and what is fake online. Metaliteracy might provide the answers.
People who read false news items come to believe them – even if they know better. It doesn't help to know the source is unreliable or the report has been debunked.
If the site is increasingly where people are getting their news, what could the company do without taking up the mantle of being a final arbiter of truth?
How can journalists resist a master media manipulator, reach local communities and sift through fake news and propaganda? Media experts explore the challenges of covering the next administration.
If people can be conned into jeopardizing our children's lives, as they do when they opt out of immunizations, could they also be conned out of democracy?
Our democratic edifice rests on the informed voter. Fake news is the concrete cancer gnawing away at the structural integrity of our society.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Professor of Media Studies in the Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Social Psychology in Society and Director, Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, University of Cambridge
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University, University of Pretoria
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology, University of Cambridge
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Reader in Journalism, University of Central Lancashire
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Assistant Professor, News, Social Media, and Public Communication, Simon Fraser University
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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Visiting Professor of Practice (Journalism), City, University of London
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Associate Professor in Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Media Psychology, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Media, Western Sydney University
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Information Specialist, University of Sheffield
