Hello Kalev, Not a small group but a large community. An example is this "news community" (http://rotter.net/forum/listforum.php) in hebrew, where news are discussed in a forum, and fake or biased news are detected thru group discussion. This project is cited here <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254074310_Online_News_Exposure_and_Trust_in_the_Mainstream_Media_Exploring_Possible_Associations> .
Best regards, Yohanan Ouaknine PhD candidate Bar Ilan University, Israel On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 5:17 PM, kalev leetaru <kalev.leeta...@gmail.com> wrote: > One final set of thoughts on the topic of false and misleading news - it is > important to remember that even the marque brands in journalism > all-too-often run stories without the most cursory of verification: > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/15/what- > santa-and-the-dying-child-story-teaches-us-about-fake- > news-data-and-verification/ > > > And that academia itself has a huge and growing problem with verification > and "truth" courtesy of a growing trend to cite without reading and the > expanding issue of predatory publishers: > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/16/how- > academia-google-scholar-and-predatory-publishers-help- > feed-academic-fake-news/ > > > And that as a whole the fact checkers themselves are less than transparent > about their inner workings, with one (Snopes) refusing even to provide even > the most basic of insight into its screening and reliability processes: > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the- > daily-mail-snopes-story-and-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/ > > > There is also the question about the right to expression online - once > Facebook begins flagging news as false, it will have a database of who is > consuming and attempting to share that content. Could it flag such users as > "gullible" and sell them as a special category to advertisers, or perhaps > even ban them entirely from its platform?: > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/17/ > should-we-fight-fake-news-by-banning-gullible-people-from-the-internet/ > > > There is also the issue of how to handle controversial topics like police > shootings - what does one do in a case like Laquan McDonald, in which the > official police report concluded something very different from what > witnesses observed? Would Facebook flag or even block all of the > conversation about the shooting that differed from what police claimed? > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/23/what- > happens-when-fake-news-is-real-news/ > > > Putting this all together, it does raise the critical question of whether > it really is the right approach to declare a small group of elites to act > as the ultimate arbitrators of "truth" for 1.7 billion people around the > world: > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/24/ > facebooks-fake-news-detector-and-the-myth-of-technology-as-savior/ > > > > Kalev > http://kalevleetaru.com/ > http://blog.gdeltproject.org/ > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 8:28 AM, kalev leetaru <kalev.leeta...@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 <compa...@stanford.edu> > wrote: > >> > >> > Anyone know of any academic studies showing that fake (social media) > >> news > >> > influenced the 2016 presidential election outcome? > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Yosem > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > The ai...@listserv.aoir.org <javascript:;> mailing list > >> > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > >> > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/ > >> > listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > > >> > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> > http://www.aoir.org/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The ai...@listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The ai...@listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ > listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ -- Yohanan Ouaknine <http://www.twitter.com/yohananouaknine> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/yohananouaknine> This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient and contains information that may be privileged and/or confidential. 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