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“Ridiculous and Untrue – FAKE NEWS!”: The Impact of Labeling Fake News

“Ridiculous and Untrue – FAKE NEWS!”: The Impact of Labeling Fake News

Anna Grazulis, Ryan Rogers
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781799872917|ISBN10: 1799872912|EISBN13: 9781799872924
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7291-7.ch002
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Grazulis, Anna, and Ryan Rogers. "“Ridiculous and Untrue – FAKE NEWS!”: The Impact of Labeling Fake News." Research Anthology on Fake News, Political Warfare, and Combatting the Spread of Misinformation, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 25-38. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7291-7.ch002

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Grazulis, A. & Rogers, R. (2021). “Ridiculous and Untrue – FAKE NEWS!”: The Impact of Labeling Fake News. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Fake News, Political Warfare, and Combatting the Spread of Misinformation (pp. 25-38). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7291-7.ch002

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Grazulis, Anna, and Ryan Rogers. "“Ridiculous and Untrue – FAKE NEWS!”: The Impact of Labeling Fake News." In Research Anthology on Fake News, Political Warfare, and Combatting the Spread of Misinformation, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 25-38. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7291-7.ch002

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Abstract

Beyond the spread of fake news, the term “fake news” has been used by people on social media and by people in the Trump administration to discredit reporting and show disagreement with the content of a story. This study offers a series of defining traits of fake news and a corresponding experiment testing its impact. Overall, this study shows that fake news, or at least labeling fake news can impact the gratifications people derive from news. Further, this study provides evidence that the impact of fake news might, in some cases, rely on whether or not the fake news complies with preexisting beliefs.

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