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Defining “Fake News”: A typology of scholarly definitions

Tandoc, Edson C., Lim, Zheng Wei, Ling, Richard·2018·Digital Journalism
DOI 10.1080/21670811.2017.1360143
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This paper is based on a review of how previous studies have defined and operationalized the term “fake news.” An examination of 34 academic articles that used the term “fake news” between 2003 and 2017 resulted in a typology of types of fake news: news satire, news parody, fabrication, manipulation, advertising, and propaganda. These definitions are based on two dimensions: levels of facticity and deception. Such a typology is offered to clarify what we mean by fake news and to guide future studies.

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Authors
Tandoc, E. C., Lim, Z. W., & Ling, R.
Venue
Digital Journalism
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2017-08-30
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
137-153
ISSN
  • 2167-0811 (ISSN-L)
  • 2167-082X
DOI
10.1080/21670811.2017.1360143
OpenAlex
W2751589903
Cited by
2,172
References
4
FWCI
344.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Funders
the Ministry of Education, Singapore

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