A paper published in the journal Social Media + Society identifies six misconceptions about misinformation, highlighting some of the implicated conceptual and methodological challenges. Despite misinformation comprising a miniscule proportion of the information people consume, Americans find themselves more concerned by fake news than terrorism, online fraud and online bullying, among other issues. “I started working on misinformation during my bachelor, right after I stopped believing in various conspiracy theories,” said study author Sacha Altay, a postdoctoral researcher at the University o...
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