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Untrustworthy Hyperlinks on News Sites are Adding to the Misinformation Crisis

Tuesday September 17, 2024

Misinformation is spreading rapidly in the digital universe, especially during election season, and the hyperlinks found on untrustworthy news sites may be partly to blame. Jieun Shin, Ph.D., an …
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User Perceptions and Trust of Fake News Detection Technology

Monday March 6, 2023

The term “fake news” and its connotations took hold of the country during Donald Trump’s presidency. Still, the proliferation of unchecked journalism and false reporting has led to adopting AI …
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The Impact of Fake News on Its Sponsor’s Brand Trust

Friday April 30, 2021

Fake news is on the rise. And it can be profitable. More than 100 fake news websites existed during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with many sites making $2,500 or more a day from advertising …
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The Effect of News Consumption on Fake News Efficacy

Tuesday December 22, 2020

The concept of “fake news” came to light during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Since that time, claims of fake news, defined as “fabricated news content that mimics news media content in …
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Sylvia Chan-Olmsted and Sunny Yufan Qin Author Article on News Consumption and Fake News Efficacy

Thursday November 5, 2020

Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication professor and Media Consumer Research director, and doctoral student Sunny Yufan Qin are the …
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Cleaning Up Social Media: The Effect of Warning Labels on Likelihood of Sharing False News on Facebook

Tuesday August 27, 2019

In the era of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” it has become increasingly difficult to decipher fact from fiction on social media sites. As a result, warning labels much like those first …
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Supreme Court Offers Guidance on How to Handle Fake News

Friday April 27, 2018

The presidential election of 2016 brought with it multiple accusations of so-called fake news, along with actual examples of fictional stories, such as one that spawned a real-life shooting at a …
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Andrew Selepak Comments on Fake News and Resume Preparation

Monday January 22, 2018

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications director of the online  Master’s program with a specialization in social media, was quoted d in “Schools May Start …
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Andrew Selepak Comments on the Dangers of Fake News

Monday July 24, 2017

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications director of the online Master’s program with a specialization in social media, was featured in “How Dangerous is …
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Navigating the Fake News Landscape

Thursday June 29, 2017

by Frank Waddell After the proliferation of fake news during the 2016 election cycle, the journalism field has come to a grim realization: Accuracy is no longer necessary for news to reach a broad …
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Why People Share Fake News

Wednesday June 28, 2017

By Paul Mena Fake news is nothing new. Discussions about “fake news” can be traced back for more than a century. However, it is clear that after the shocking rise of false news stories on social …
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CJC Doctoral Student Joins MediaShift Conversation on Journalism Education in the Fake News Era

Wednesday June 28, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student Paul Mena will join a panel of educators for a MediaShift Twitter conversation on June 28 at 1 p.m. The discussion will …
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Is There a First Amendment Right to Follow President Trump’s Twitter Account?

Tuesday June 27, 2017

By Clay Calvert President Donald Trump’s fondness for criticizing news organizations, “heckling journalists” and spouting points of public policy via his Twitter account is clear. News of his …
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Fake News Isn’t New; History Offers A Way To Fight It

Wednesday June 21, 2017

By Rich Shumate Imagine opening your morning newspaper (itself a novelty these days) and finding a story about, not just life, but entire civilizations on another planet, attributed to one of the …
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Ministry of Truth a Looming Danger

Wednesday June 21, 2017

By Austin Vining The federal government recently established a department tasked with identifying truth. Department officials search for errors in news, entertainment, the arts and books and fix them …
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What Universities Can Do About Digital Literacy in the Age of Fake News

Thursday June 8, 2017

By Tom Kelleher You would know the difference between a “real” news story and a story written for or by an advertiser, right? Especially when a story is labeled “advertisement” right there at …
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Tom Kelleher and Richard Shumate Focus on Fake News in MediaShift Articles

Tuesday May 30, 2017

Tom Kelleher, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Department chair, and Richard Shumate, UFCJC doctoral student and former CNN news editor, have published …
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Austin Vining Comments on Ways to Combat Fake News

Friday May 19, 2017

“Austin Vining: Ministry of Truth a Looming Danger” was published in The Gainesville Sun on April 27. Vining, a graduate research fellow with the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the …
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Fake News, Censorship and the Third-Person Effect

Monday March 13, 2017

By Clay Calvert The aftermath of Donald J. Trump’s stunning victory over Hillary Clinton brought with it much handwringing in news media circles and on social media platforms about the dangers …
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Clay Calvert Pens Article on Fake News, Censorship and the Third Person Effect

Friday February 17, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project Director Clay Calvert’s article, “Fake News, Censorship & the Third-Person Effect: …