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Fake News

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The Editors
06/11/2019

Fake news seems to rule the world. Since the 2016 election campaign of Donald Trump, the debate on fake news hasn't stopped. Even more, the term fake news has become an empty signifier acquiring new meaning depending on who uses the concept. 

The consequences of  Fake News 

Deep fakes - an emerging risk to societies

Paper
Tunde Farago
15/11/2019
22 minutes to read

Deep fakes are a rapidly evolving technology that can easily fool not just our human senses, but also the software created to counter them. This paper explores their potential social, cultural and political implications.

Facebook and the Rohingya genocide deniers

Paper
Tunde Farago
16/10/2019
17 minutes to read

How do the Rohingya genocide deniers use Facebook to spread their narratives and what kind of arguments do they use to support their claims?

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Hurricane Dorian: Making news out of breaking news

Article
Vinicio Ntouvlis
25/09/2019
11 minutes to read

A breaking-news event like Hurricane Dorian can stir up public debate on political and social issues through its media coverage. In this case study, we examine how both mainstream and "new" media played a role in shaping such debates around Dorian.

How did fake news run voters' opinions in the Brazilian elections

Article
Ana Clara Panontin Scarabelli
29/11/2018
21 minutes to read

Brazilian presidential election of 2018 became internationally known by the extreme rise of fake news. In this context, traditional media reappears as a counter-force for the fast spreads of false information.

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GAB, fake news and metapolitics

Article
Ico Maly
01/11/2018
9 minutes to read

GoDaddy’s decision to pull support for GAB is again used as 'proof' for the powerful political myth that the left censors right wing voices

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Dr. Piia Varis on conspiracy theories and digital culture

Video
The Editors
08/11/2018

Dr. Piia Varis (Tilburg University) is in the early stages of doing research into conspiracy theories, the dissemination of knowledge and the formation of online groups. Diggit Magazine had a video-interview with her. 

Conspiracy theorising online

Article
Piia Varis
12/05/2018
11 minutes to read

Conspiracy theorising online is not only an interesting object of research in itself, says Piia Varis (Tilburg University) but as a phenomenon it also seems fruitful ground for understanding present-day media, culture, and politics more generally.

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The Corbyn spy hoax and the cycle of fake news

Column
Jan Blommaert
23/02/2018
6 minutes to read

In February 2018, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was accused by the British tabloids of having been a Soviet spy. The media debate following these allegations offer us a glimpse the structure of a new media environment and the making of fake news.