Bad News Travel Fast, Fake News Travel Faster
Facts are no antidotes to narratives regardless of the sincerity, the intention, and the diligence with which fact checkers serve facts to those who reject them.
Facts are no antidotes to narratives regardless of the sincerity, the intention, and the diligence with which fact checkers serve facts to those who reject them.
Year: 2023
Authors: Ábel Bojár, PhD, Research Director, 21 Research Center and Zsófia Bauer, PhD, Research Director, Ynsight Research
This research paper presents the findings of the research, which undertakes a two-pronged approach to studying fake news and misinformation in the national discourses in the UK, Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary. The first approach rests on quantitative data collection, while the second approach is via “social listening”, a structured analysis of discourses surrounding fake news-related themes.