User:MKhope22/fakenews

On the Internet[edit][edit]
Main article: Fake news website

See also: Internet manipulation

The roots of fake news[edit][edit]
Main article: Media pluralism The roots of "fake news" from UNESCO's World Trends Report The term "fake news" gained importance with the electoral context in Western Europe and North America. It is determined by fraudulent content in news format and its velocity. According to Bounegru, Gray, Venturini and Mauri, fake news is when a deliberate lie "is picked up by dozens of other blogs, retransmitted by hundreds of websites, cross-posted over thousands of social media accounts and read by hundreds of thousands" that it then effectively becomes "fake news". On January 10, 2019 Fox Nation ran a documentary called Black Eye: Dan Rather and the Birth of Fake News.

The evolving nature of online business models encourages the production of information that is "click-worthy" and independent of its accuracy.

‘‘Fake news’’ has also been flagged for fueling propaganda and ‘‘hate speech’’ and even violence.

The nature of trust depends on the assumptions that non-institutional forms of communication are freer from power and more able to report information that mainstream media are perceived as unable or unwilling to reveal. Declines in confidence in much traditional media and expert knowledge have created fertile grounds for alternative, and often obscure sources of information to appear as authoritative and credible. This ultimately leaves users confused about basic facts.

Internet companies with threatened credibility tend to develop new responses to limit fake news and reduce financial incentives for its proliferation.

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The term "fake news" gained importance with the electoral context in Western Europe and North America. It is falsehood, fabrication, and fantasy in Journalism. According to Bounegru, Gray, Venturini and Mauri, fake news is when a deliberate lie "is picked up by dozens of other blogs, retransmitted by hundreds of websites, cross-posted over thousands of social media accounts and read by hundreds of thousands" that it then effectively becomes "fake news". Fake News is part of a much larger political, cultural, and social issue of concern, especially in this current political climate.

The evolving nature of online business models encourages the production of information that is "click-worthy" and independent of its accuracy, which ultimately leaves users confused about basic facts. Internet companies with threatened credibility tend to develop new responses to limit fake news and reduce financial incentives for its proliferation.