The latest report from the Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, focuses on the readers perspective on fake news. It is based on the analysis of free-text comments about trust and the media taken from the 2017 digital news report. This covers a number of nations. Recommendations are made on news checking and the media.
Tracking fake news The Field Guide to Fake News is a project of First Draft. It explores the use of digital methods to trace the production, circulation and reception of fake news online. Sample chapters can be downloaded free; these cover such topics as how Facebook propagates fake news and how to trace the circulation of fake news online.
Hoaxy from the University of Indiana visualises the spread of fake news stories online
Shorenstein Center has recently published an agenda for action based on the outcome of a conference held in February. For more background on why this is believed to be necessary try the recent Reuters report on fact checking sites in Europe
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