Coronavirus fake news in Russia: specificity and criteria for detection
The paper examines special features of fake news about COVID-19 published in Russian social media. Based on the literature review and the analysis of fake news stories circulating in Russian social media and related to COVID-19, the criteria for fake news detection were developed: aim, wide circulat...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC) |
| Repositorio: | Rizoma (Santa Cruz do Sul) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.online.unisc.br:article/15436 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.unisc.br/index.php/rizoma/article/view/15436 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | fake news Pandemic Social media Coronavirus COVID-19 |
| Sumario: | The paper examines special features of fake news about COVID-19 published in Russian social media. Based on the literature review and the analysis of fake news stories circulating in Russian social media and related to COVID-19, the criteria for fake news detection were developed: aim, wide circulation online, public interest, aggressive techniques of dissemination, outrageous nature, falsity, intentionality, low quality, simple ways of problems decision, encouraging readers to share the article, “screaming” headlines. |
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