“We also found systematic differences between the parties in the U.S., where Republican politicians were found to share untrustworthy websites more than nine times as often as Democratic politicians.”
Researchers are trying to boost people’s immunity to fake news using online games and other strategies. Can these efforts protect the wider population against disinformation?
As the social media platforms become more active in tackling false claims around politics and health, disinformation agents are searching for “new” ways to spread their messages.
By arguing with a message, you are spreading it further. This matters, because if more people see it, or see it more often, it will have an even greater effect.
The ocean’s twilight zone is, first and foremost, a reminder that our understanding of misinformation online is severely lacking because of limited data.
Shane, Tommy. "Searching for the misinformation “twilight zone”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 1 Dec. 2020. Web. 30 May. 2023.
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Shane, T. (2020, Dec. 1). Searching for the misinformation “twilight zone”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/searching-for-the-misinformation-twilight-zone/
Chicago
Shane, Tommy. "Searching for the misinformation “twilight zone”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 1, 2020. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/searching-for-the-misinformation-twilight-zone/.
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