[Air-L] Fake News

Tue Dec 13 06:39:41 PST 2016

 I've skimmed this thread, though not read it in detail, so I may have
missed some points. (Also note that I'm not from the US, so, while
Trump's election may well indirectly affect the UK, it's not quite
like Brexit. [Though if I'm being entirely objective, Trump's election
could lead to world instability - and possibly wars. Brexit is more
likely to cause UK and possibly EU economic instability; but less
likely to lead to a war]

HOwever, my understanding of the phrase "fake news" was the type
referred to in https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-macedonia-became-a-global-hub-for-pro-trump-misinfo?utm_term=.naGj7W4DX#.kkvK48N7z-
rather than selective reporting to suit the needs of the paper etc.,
nor the filtering by people based on their personal beliefs. [There
was also a section on BBC Radio 4's "From our own correspondent"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qjlq/episodes/player - it's the
one called "Real or Fake". There is also a World service of that
programme, so may be available outside the UK;.

I did see someone else had also recommended the article in the
Observer Newspaper 10 days ago. Well worth reading.

As to academic research - it's quite soon for that, however, have you
looked for work on Scotland's Independence Referendum?

On 12 December 2016 at 17:13, MC Cambre <mcambre at ualberta.ca> wrote:
> This burns me because I fell for the professor blacklist story  (had some
> people I knew on it) even after I had hunted down all the references, and
> the organization that started it (I still don't even know if they are real).
>
> Just wondering if we are overlooking outright lying?
> https://theintercept.com/2016/12/09/a-clinton-fan-manufactured-fake-news-that-msnbc-personalities-spread-to-discredit-wikileaks-docs/
> The issue is mushrooming online with sites now dedicated to 'debunking'
> fake news as well.
> At the same time there is implicit trust of search engines like Google,
> while they actually work to camouflage them.
> http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/6/13850230/fake-news-sites-google-search-facebook-instant-articles
>
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> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 3:28 PM, kalev leetaru <kalev.leetaru5 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The concept of "fake news" is very complex, ranging from satirical to
>> misleading to malicious content and, when looking globally, covers not just
>> social media, but SMS and FTF communication. Much like humor, where one
>> person's hilarious joke might be deeply offensive to another, a good
>> portion of "fake news" revolves around how societies and peoples with
>> different backgrounds interpret and construct meaning from a shared set of
>> information. Paul Linebarger's 1948 book "Psychological Warfare" is a
>> powerful read into the roots and methodology of inorganic constructionism
>> of the kind that underlies much of the hundred shades of gray that we today
>> frequently label as "fake news." This is also why purely technological
>> solutions will always struggle with this complex middle ground that
>> constitutes a large portion of "fake news." Instead, "information literacy"
>> coupled with technological assistance offer perhaps the most robust path
>> forward.
>>
>> You can see more in my latest pieces:
>>
>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/11/30/why-
>> stopping-fake-news-is-so-hard/
>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/10/the-
>> inverted-pyramid-and-how-fake-news-weaponized-modern-
>> journalistic-practice/
>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/11/the-
>> global-perspective-on-fake-news/
>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/11/how-
>> data-and-information-literacy-could-end-fake-news/
>>
>> Kalev
>> http:/kalevleetaru.com/
>> http://blog.gdeltproject.org/
>>
>>
>> On Friday, December 9, 2016, Yosem Companys <companys at stanford.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Anyone know of any academic studies showing that fake (social media)
>> news
>> > > influenced the 2016 presidential election outcome?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Yosem
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