What does fake look like? A review of the literature on intentional deception in the news and on social media.

Autor(en)

Alyt Damstra, Hajo Boomgaarden, Elena Broda, Elina Lindgren, Jesper Strömbäck, Yariv Tsfati, Rens Vliegenthart

Abstrakt

This paper focuses on the content features of intentional deceptive information in the news (i.e., fake news) and on social media. Based on an extensive review of relevant literature (i.e., political journalism and communication, computational linguistics), we take stock of existing knowledge and present an overview of the structural characteristics that are indicative of intentionally deceptive information. We discuss the strength of underlying empirical evidence and identify underdeveloped areas of research. With this paper, we aim to contribute to the systematic study of intentional deception in the news and on social media and to help setting up new lines of research in which intentionally deceptive news items can be operationalized in consistent ways.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Gothenburg, University of Haifa, University of Amsterdam (UvA)

Journal

Journalism Studies

Band

22

Seiten

1947-1963

Anzahl der Seiten

17

ISSN

1461-670X

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670x.2021.1979423

Publikationsdatum

2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

508008 Medienanalyse

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Communication

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/what-does-fake-look-like-a-review-of-the-literature-on-intentional-deception-in-the-news-and-on-social-media(72e09ab9-b94f-47a5-8aa4-537f353705d6).html