Title: Fake or not? Decoding the authenticity of online news
Source: What's New in Publishing
Date: September 2019
URL: https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/fake-or-not-decoding-the-authenticity-of-online-news/
Summary
Fake news is not just news that is not true. But it can also be news that is intended to mislead readers about the content in a different direction.
Misinformation & disinformation are different, for example, misinformation means false or inaccurate information (Intent not to deceive), Disinformation means fault information but influence public opinion or obscure the truth.
The percentage that you will spot the fake news is very high, you can see from the kind of sensationalism and the real key of being better informed lies with news literacy.
Response
I'm quite surprised that there are so many different types of fake news. News that is written on an attractive topic and when pressed, does not have any content, can also be fake news to lure people into reading other content that is not related to the topic. I believe that there are many people who mistakenly believe that fake news is real news and spread it to make it easier to spread the news cause not many people check the source before they share or spread.
Questions
- If the author forged the source What should we do to make sure it's true?
- Why satire and parody might be one of the fake news?
- If fake news is written to be more believable than fact news and how do we classify it?
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