Title

The science of fake news

Summary

The need to build a new defense against fake news is highlighted as we continue to unravel the vulnerabilities and underlying mechanisms of its dissemination.

َAuthor

Lazer, D. M. J., Baum, M. A., Benkler, Y., Berinsky, A. J., Greenhill, K. M., Menczer, F., Metzger, M. J., Nyhan, B., Pennycook, G., Rothschild, D., Schudson, M., Sloman, S. A., Sunstein, C. R., Thorson, E. A., Watts, D. J., & Zittrain, J. L

Year

2018

َThematic Area

Politics

Topic

Fake News and the Political Landscape

Country

USA

Region

North America

Misinformation Combatting

Combatting Strategies

Place Published

USA

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Journal

Science

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao2998

URL

APA 7th End Text Citation

Lazer, D. M. J., Baum, M. A., Benkler, Y., Berinsky, A. J., Greenhill, K. M., Menczer, F., Metzger, M. J., Nyhan, B., Pennycook, G., Rothschild, D., Schudson, M., Sloman, S. A., Sunstein, C. R., Thorson, E. A., Watts, D. J., & Zittrain, J. L. (2018). The science of fake news. Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 359(6380), 1094-1096. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao2998