Fake News and Social Networks: How Users Interact with Fake Content

Au‐Yong‐Oliveira, Manuel; Carlos, Carlota P. A.; Pintor, Hugo; Caires, João; Zanoni, Julia

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-16181-1_19

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“…Hassan and Meziane (2019), de Souza et al (2020), and Bondielli and Marcelloni (2019) review the techniques published in the literature for automatic fake news and rumor identification in online and socially produced data. Moreover, Au-Yong-Oliveira et al (2019) carried out a systematic literature review (SLR) to understand how users interact with fake content on SMPs.…”

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Health-related fake news on social media platforms: A systematic literature review

Melchior

Oliveira

2021

New Media & Society

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This review aims to (a) investigate the characteristics of both the research community and the published research on health-related fake news on social media platforms, and (b) identify the challenges and provide recommendations for future research on the subject. We reviewed 69 journal articles found in the main academic databases up to April 2021. The studies extracted data mainly from Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook. Most articles aimed to investigate the public’s reaction to fake health information, concluding that health agencies and professionals should increase their online presence. The articles also suggest that future work should aim to improve the quality of health information on social media platforms, develop new tools and strategies to combat fake news sharing, and study the credibility of health information. Nonetheless, those in control of the platforms are the only ones which can take effective measures to ensure that their users receive reliable information.

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