The fake news factor today, in psychology

Autor: G. Riemsdijk, A. Sousa, J. Cruz, J. Gonçalves, R. Oliveira, M. Lapa Esteves, J. Magalhães
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Italian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: INFAD, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 255-262 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0214-9877
2603-5987
DOI: 10.17060/ijodaep.2020.n1.v1.1782
Popis: With this article we pretend to define and understand the central aspects of Fake News. This event has gain attention in personal conversations and in the social media. It is important to understand how this phenome happens and how the receptor is persuaded to believe in the massage,so wecan understand the damage it can cause in the society, for example the elections that have been directly affected for this phenome and establish how to prevent it. Based in studies of other authors we understood the motivations and elements necessary to make and disseminate the information. Since fake news look like real ones its easier for people to believe in them without questioning. Considering the difficult and complexity of the combat of fake news, at the end of this article we analyse a few methods that are been used and highlight the favourable points and possible advances.
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