klicksafe asks... (13): How dangerous is fake news really?
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Fake news and disinformation are generally regarded as two of the biggest social problems of our time. The feared negative effects of misinformation include, for example, the manipulation of elections and the division of society. But there is good news from research: citizens hardly ever come into contact with disinformation. And when they do come into contact with it, there are no significant changes in their attitudes and behavior. In our podcast episode "How dangerous is fake news really?", communication and media scientist Prof. Dr. Christian P. Hoffmann from the University of Leipzig explains why disinformation continues to be perceived as a major threat to society, despite the current state of research.
- Personal profile of Prof. Dr. Christian Pieter Hoffmann on the website of Leipzig University
- Study "Insecure public" by the Bertelsmann Foundation
- JIM Study 2023 by the Media Education Research Association Southwest (mpfs)
- Study "Evaluating the fake news problem at the scale of the information ecosystem" by Allen et al.
- Article "Does social media polarize voters? Unprecedented experiments on Facebook users reveal surprises" on science.org (only available in English)
- Article "Why China Is So Bad at Disinformation" by WIRED (only available in English)
- klicksafe topic area Disinformation and opinion
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