The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.

The emergence of search engines and social media networks in the past two decades created a new media ecosystem that allowed the instantaneous creation, distribution, manipulation, and sharing of content to a global audience by anyone with a smartphone and internet access. This ecosystem was ripe fo...

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Author: Breiner, James G.
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Repository:DDFV. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Language:English
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10641/5295
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Misinformation
Disinformation
Social networks
Search engines
Regulators
Hoaxes
Desinformación
Redes sociales
Buscadores
Regulación
Bulos
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spelling The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.La prensa lucha por la credibilidad ante la info-toxificación: nuevas estrategias para contrarrestar los engaños descentralizados.Breiner, James G.MisinformationDisinformationSocial networksSearch enginesRegulatorsHoaxesDesinformaciónRedes socialesBuscadoresRegulaciónBulosThe emergence of search engines and social media networks in the past two decades created a new media ecosystem that allowed the instantaneous creation, distribution, manipulation, and sharing of content to a global audience by anyone with a smartphone and internet access. This ecosystem was ripe for exploitation by actors with aims of profit or propaganda to disrupt society and threaten democratic processes. Their disinformation sowed distrust and undermined the credibility of the press. The dispersed, decentralized nature of this communication has made it hard to police. However, new countermeasures are emerging based on international collaboration on systems for rating trustworthiness of publications and journalists. The technology platforms are collaborating on some of these efforts, but are resisting efforts to have regulators interfere with their business model. Editorial UFV20212021-01-0120212021-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10641/5295reponame:DDFV. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoriainstname:Universidad Francisco de VitoriaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddfv.ufv.es:10641/52952026-06-11T12:44:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.
La prensa lucha por la credibilidad ante la info-toxificación: nuevas estrategias para contrarrestar los engaños descentralizados.
title The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.
spellingShingle The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.
Breiner, James G.
Misinformation
Disinformation
Social networks
Search engines
Regulators
Hoaxes
Desinformación
Redes sociales
Buscadores
Regulación
Bulos
title_short The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.
title_full The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.
title_fullStr The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.
title_full_unstemmed The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.
title_sort The press struggles for credibility in the face of info-toxification: new strategies emerge to counter decentralized hoaxes.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Breiner, James G.
author Breiner, James G.
author_facet Breiner, James G.
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Misinformation
Disinformation
Social networks
Search engines
Regulators
Hoaxes
Desinformación
Redes sociales
Buscadores
Regulación
Bulos
topic Misinformation
Disinformation
Social networks
Search engines
Regulators
Hoaxes
Desinformación
Redes sociales
Buscadores
Regulación
Bulos
description The emergence of search engines and social media networks in the past two decades created a new media ecosystem that allowed the instantaneous creation, distribution, manipulation, and sharing of content to a global audience by anyone with a smartphone and internet access. This ecosystem was ripe for exploitation by actors with aims of profit or propaganda to disrupt society and threaten democratic processes. Their disinformation sowed distrust and undermined the credibility of the press. The dispersed, decentralized nature of this communication has made it hard to police. However, new countermeasures are emerging based on international collaboration on systems for rating trustworthiness of publications and journalists. The technology platforms are collaborating on some of these efforts, but are resisting efforts to have regulators interfere with their business model.
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