Fake news is an age-old phenomenon, widely assumed to be associated with political propaganda published to sway public opinion. Yet, with the growth of social media, it has become a lucrative business for Web publishers. Despite many studies performed and countermeasures proposed, unreliable news sites have increased in the last years their share of engagement among the top performing news sources. Stifling fake news impact depends on our efforts in limiting the (economic) incentives of fake news producers. In this paper, we aim at enhancing the transparency around these exact incentives, and explore: Who supports the existence of fake news websites via paid ads, either as an advertiser or an ad seller? Who owns these websites and what othe...
abstract: The spread of fake news (rumors) has been a growing problem on the internet in the past fe...
Permeating the Internet and reaching millions of users, fake news became a pervasive phenomenon on t...
The definitive publisher-authenticated version: "Chris J Vargo, Lei Guo, Michelle A Amazeen. 2017. ...
Following the viral spread of hoax political news in the lead-up to the 2016 US presidential electio...
False information has economic, political, and social consequences. The authors analyze the real and...
In this second post in our blog series on \u27fake news\u27, Damian Tambini illustrates the underlyi...
A new era of Information Warfare has arrived. Various actors, including state-sponsored ones, are we...
A new era of Information Warfare has arrived. Various actors, including state-sponsored ones, are we...
Over the past decade, we have witnessed the rise of misinformation on the Internet, with online user...
Online advertising is aimed to promote and sell products and services of various companies in the gl...
This paper presents findings from a field analysis of real vs. fake news propagated on the Internet....
This chapter examines the buzzword “Fake News.” In recent years, politicians, media, and members of ...
Conspiracy theories are increasingly a subject of research interest as society grapples with their r...
The rise of disinformation in the last years has shed light on the presence of bad actors that produ...
Social media, e-commerce are vulnerable to content deception, i.e. the deliberate act intended to mi...
abstract: The spread of fake news (rumors) has been a growing problem on the internet in the past fe...
Permeating the Internet and reaching millions of users, fake news became a pervasive phenomenon on t...
The definitive publisher-authenticated version: "Chris J Vargo, Lei Guo, Michelle A Amazeen. 2017. ...
Following the viral spread of hoax political news in the lead-up to the 2016 US presidential electio...
False information has economic, political, and social consequences. The authors analyze the real and...
In this second post in our blog series on \u27fake news\u27, Damian Tambini illustrates the underlyi...
A new era of Information Warfare has arrived. Various actors, including state-sponsored ones, are we...
A new era of Information Warfare has arrived. Various actors, including state-sponsored ones, are we...
Over the past decade, we have witnessed the rise of misinformation on the Internet, with online user...
Online advertising is aimed to promote and sell products and services of various companies in the gl...
This paper presents findings from a field analysis of real vs. fake news propagated on the Internet....
This chapter examines the buzzword “Fake News.” In recent years, politicians, media, and members of ...
Conspiracy theories are increasingly a subject of research interest as society grapples with their r...
The rise of disinformation in the last years has shed light on the presence of bad actors that produ...
Social media, e-commerce are vulnerable to content deception, i.e. the deliberate act intended to mi...
abstract: The spread of fake news (rumors) has been a growing problem on the internet in the past fe...
Permeating the Internet and reaching millions of users, fake news became a pervasive phenomenon on t...
The definitive publisher-authenticated version: "Chris J Vargo, Lei Guo, Michelle A Amazeen. 2017. ...