Misinformation about fake news: A systematic critical review of empirical studies on the phenomenon and its status as a ‘threat’

After the 2016 US presidential elections, the term ?fake news? became synonymous with disinformation and a catch-all term for the problems that social networks were bringing to communication. Four years later, there are dozens of empirical studies that have attempted to describe and analyse an issue...

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Authors: Miró-Llinares, Fernando (Author) ; Aguerri, Jesús C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: European journal of criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 356-374
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Criminalization
Fake News
misinformation
Social Networks
Threat