- became a more prevalent term with its now known usage after the 2016 election 
- before, was used to talk about satire
- fake news has the intention to deceive, in contrast to just news that is false 
- has become a prevalent topic because it has become part of every day life with everyone seeing fake news on social media everyday, it can have serious consequences through people's actions, and it causes mistrust between people and institutions 
- types of fake news: misinformation, disinformation, and mal information
- misinformation: false information; disinformation: false information with the intention to ham; mal information: true information that is leaked to the public with the intent to harm

what is fake news and misinformation?

Fake news has become more prevalent and can be defined as “false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting” 

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Knowledge being exchanged between people (or groups of). Includes the exchange of expertise, skills, and information.

Knowledge Sharing

Greifeneder, R., Jaffe, M., Newman, E., & Schwarz, N. (2021). The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation (p. 252).

The Psychology of Fake News; Accepting, Sharing, and Correcting Misinformation


Knowledge (expertise, skills, and information) being exchanged on the platform Wikipedia, an open collaborative online encyclopedia 

Knowledge sharing on Wikipedia

Knowledge being exchanged through the use of social media sites and platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and more

Knowledge sharing through social media

Knowledge being shared on Stack Exchange, a self-moderated site consisting of a network of questions and answers on various topics. 

Knowledge sharing on Stack Exchange

Publications, journal articles, and research papers allow researchers and scientists to share their findings. 

Knowledge sharing through publications

Fake News

- All decisions on 1Cademy are made based on the majority of votes.
- No one has any special privilege over others.
- The community progressively and collaboratively decides which concepts are important to the community by upvoting the helpful nodes and downvoting/eliminating the unhelpful and/or potentially misleading ones.
- 1Cademy locks highly upvoted nodes from changes unless the proposal gets approved by at least half of the number of users that upvoted the node.

Democratizing Knowledge Sharing on 1Cademy

Twitter

Practices are identified based on an underlying knowledge problem and supported by social technology
- 1) expertise locating
- 2) expert locating
- 3) reaching out
- 4) socializing
- 5) horizon broadening

Five knowledge practices

Twitter is commonly used to share knowledge and take part in other knowledge practices. Researchers, business people, casual users and more participate in discourse and discussion, taking to the platform to share their ideas, voice their opinions and engage with others. 

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