Analysis of College Students’ Public Opinion Based on Machine Learning and Evolutionary Algorithm by Jinqing Zhang, Pengchao Zhang, Bin Xu

“…The recent information explosion may have many negative impacts on college students, such as distraction from learning and addiction to meaningless and fake news. To avoid these phenomena, it is necessary to verify the students’ state of mind and give them appropriate guidance. …”
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A transmutação: das Letras à Sociologia by Adeildo Cristóvam da Silva Júnior

“…Toda essa trajetória de mudanças se alicerça também pela necessidade de desenvolver uma prática pedagógica mais bem fundamentada, a fim de enfrentar o obscurantismo dos tempos de fake news, e corrobora a necessidade de o professor buscar ser o primeiro a praticar a criticidade para ser exemplo da própria prática pedagógica para os alunos. …”
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Effectiveness of Henan flood communication among opinion leaders on Douyin by Gan Liu, Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad Saleh, Miao Huang

“…While viral short videos were significant advantages of Douyin flood communication, rumours and fake news impeded the further development and spread of flood information. …”
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The role of digital health in pandemic preparedness and response: securing global health? by Chisom Ogochukwu Ezenwaji, Esther Ugo Alum, Okechukwu Paul-Chima Ugwu

“…Results Digital tools improve communication, combat fake news, and reach the public, but data protection and public health remain challenges. …”
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MEDIA IN AN ERA OF DIGITAL GLOBALIZATION: THE ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES by GABRIEL T. NYITSE, STEPHEN WANG

“…Additionally, the ease of information dissemination on digital platforms has led to the rapid spread of disinformation, misinformation, and fake news, challenging the ethical responsibility of individuals and organizations to verify and counter false narratives. …”
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The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention on Countering Disinformation Moderated by Intellectual Humility by Eduard-Claudiu Gross, Delia Cristina Balaban

“…We investigated its impact on perceived social media literacy, the intention to share fake news on social media, and general conspiracy beliefs. …”
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Where are Our Educators? by Елізабет Тюнс, Зоя Рібейро Престес

“…Like many, at the beginning, he assumed that the dangers of social media came mainly from inappropriate use by malicious people – propagandists, spies, spreaders of fake news – and that, at worst, the platforms were a passive pipeline where the existing problems in society ran. …”
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Strengthening Russia’s International Prestige during the Northern War: Russian Diplomatic Institutions and Instruments by A. V. Topychkanov

“…The practice reduced the negative effect of the spread of unofficial information, fake news, and false rumors. The war continued in the pages of print media. …”
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Impact of Social Media on Marriage Stability in Central Division Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Ainembabazi, Georgianah

“…The study also showed the challenges associated with the use of social media networks in the central division, Kabale Municipality and these included hacking, anxiety and Depression, cyberbullying and Harassment, misinformation and Fake News, technical challenges, privacy, and security. …”
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Bilingual hate speech detection on social media: Amharic and Afaan Oromo by Teshome Mulugeta Ababu, Michael Melese Woldeyohannis, Emuye Bawoke Getaneh

“…However, technology also poses a number of threats, challenges, and barriers, such as hate speech, disinformation, and fake news. Hate speech detection is one of the many ways social media platforms can be accused of not doing enough to thwart hate speech on their platform. …”
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Hierarchical graph-based integration network for propaganda detection in textual news articles on social media by Pir Noman Ahmad, Jiequn Guo, Nagwa M. AboElenein, Qazi Mazhar ul Haq, Sadique Ahmad, Abeer D. Algarni, Abdelhamied A. Ateya

“…Abstract During the Covid-19 pandemic, the widespread use of social media platforms has facilitated the dissemination of information, fake news, and propaganda, serving as a vital source of self-reported symptoms related to Covid-19. …”
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WhatsApp, desinformação e infodemia: o “inimigo” criptografado by Gustavo Teixeira de Faria Pereira, Iluska Maria da Silva Coutinho

“…Observou-se que elevado número de “fake news” divulgadas, mesmo em um assunto tão delicado, contribuiu para a criação de um ambiente social de infodemia e desinformação. …”
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The mental health impact of COVID-19: the need for community interventions and collaboration for recovery by Nadarajah Rajeshkannan, Daya Somasundaram, Balachandran Kumarendran, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Ivan Dinesh Aloysius, Nalayini Sugirthan, Sivanantham Sasikumar, Nalayini Jegathesan

“…At the community level, there were signs of collective (mass) hysteria from panic buying to conspiracy theories, public shaming, fake news, and disinformation spreading on social media and mass protests. …”
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Enfrentamento à desinformação por meio dos algoritmos: um panorama internacional na literatura científica das possíveis respostas ao problema by Thiago Magela Rodrigues Dias, Jônatas Edison da Silva

“…Desinformação, informações falsas, fenômeno da pós-verdade, negacionismo científico, uso do termo fake news e aperfeiçoamento de algoritmos são algumas características da sociedade contemporânea. …”
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