2019
DOI: 10.1515/opis-2019-0010
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Discovering fake news embedded in the opposing hashtag activism networks on Twitter: #Gunreformnow vs. #NRA

Abstract: After Russia’s malicious attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election were revealed, “fake news” gained notoriety and became a popular term in political discourses and related research areas. Empirical research about fake news in diverse settings is in the beginning phase while research has revealed limitedly that “what we know about fake news so far is predominantly based on anecdotal evidence.” The purpose of this study is to investigate fake news included in politically opposing hashtag activism, #G… Show more

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“…We introduce the concept of PHIS while responding to the urgency and filling the gap in the PHS research. Examining the nature and type of information distributed and shared during the epidemic can be as important as controlling the spread of the virus because disinformation or misinformation could exacerbate negative consequences, particularly in the digital age (Chong, 2019).…”
Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We introduce the concept of PHIS while responding to the urgency and filling the gap in the PHS research. Examining the nature and type of information distributed and shared during the epidemic can be as important as controlling the spread of the virus because disinformation or misinformation could exacerbate negative consequences, particularly in the digital age (Chong, 2019).…”
Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…newspanopticon, eQsynews) and channels related to right wing personalities such as SidneyPowell1, associated with the American attorney, former federal prosecutor, and conspiracy theorist Sidney Katherine Powell [18] or JoleneBuntingUK, linked to Jolene Bunting, a former Belfast councillor associated with Britain First: [19] . We also see the channel ProudBoysOfficial of the homonymous American farright, neo-fascist, organization that became popular during the first U.S. presidential debate in 2020 [20] .…”
Section: Channelsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several new channels appeared in the top ranks such as InfowarsNews and Breitbart, linked to the American far-right news websites infowars.com, owned by Alex Jones, and breitbart.com, whose former executive chairman was Steve Bannon. Info Wars [14] https://twitter.com/ErnestMakarenko News has been flagged for disseminating conspiracy theories and fake news [19,20] and Breitbart News has been rated as a questionable source with an extreme right bias by MBFC [15] . A group chat in German, SvenLiebichChat about a right-wing extremist [16] also appeared in the top channels of this community.…”
Section: Channelsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Bot accounts, on the other hand, play a crucial role for patients (Zhang et al, 2017). Fake accounts, according to Chong (2019), boost interaction in Twitter trends. Troll accounts, fake news, and hashtags have all been seen to be actively directed and utilized to generate or influence the topic.…”
Section: Rq3 Do Political Actors Use Hashtags To Their Advantage?mentioning
confidence: 99%