The Role of Online Misinformation and Fake News in Ideological Polarization: Barriers, Catalysts, and Implications

Au, Cheuk Hang; Ho, Kevin K.W.; Chiu, Dickson K.W.

doi:10.1007/s10796-021-10133-9

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“…This study builds on the theoretical knowledge in literature by making significant contribution to the understanding of the impact of FN and SM platforms on the society. According to studies (Abouzeid et al, 2021 ; Au et al, 2021 ; Dwivedi et al, 2018 ; Kim et al, 2019 ; Parra et al, 2021 ; Tran et al, 2021 ) with combined body of knowledge on misinformation, FN, SM, SM platforms, cascading of FN, and risks of misinformation, this study identifies three main themes in our contribution: FN, SM, and societal acceptance. Previous studies (Orso et al, 2020 ; Pennycook et al, 2020 ) have presented FN and SM concepts, however this study’s introduction of societal acceptance is a novel theoretical contribution.…”

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confidence: 94%

Fake news on Social Media: the Impact on Society

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Fake news (FN) on social media (SM) rose to prominence in 2016 during the United States of America presidential election, leading people to question science, true news (TN), and societal norms. FN is increasingly affecting societal values, changing opinions on critical issues and topics as well as redefining facts, truths, and beliefs. To understand the degree to which FN has changed society and the meaning of FN, this study proposes a novel conceptual framework derived from the literature on FN, SM, and societal acceptance theory. The conceptual framework is developed into a meta-framework that analyzes survey data from 356 respondents. This study explored fuzzy set-theoretic comparative analysis; the outcomes of this research suggest that societies are split on differentiating TN from FN. The results also show splits in societal values. Overall, this study provides a new perspective on how FN on SM is disintegrating societies and replacing TN with FN.

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“…In communication, polarization follows a similar pattern: the system has no middle ranges, it moves between extremes. Different political and institutional crises have been preceded by an increasing polarization in political communication that continues during the critical event ( McCoy et al, 2018 ; Nguyen, 2018 ; Berman, 2019 ; Au et al, 2021 ). In environmental research, topics such as climate change or global warming are highly controversial in social media communication between believers and disbelievers or between different governments ( Pearce et al, 2014 ; Dahal et al, 2019 ; Tyagi et al, 2020 ; Al-Rawi et al, 2021 ; Sonnett, 2021 ) −this can also be a source for identifying correlations between the patterns of flickering in communication and environmental data.…”

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Critical Transitions in Ecosystems and Society. The Contribution of Sociological Systems Theory to the Analysis of Socio-Environmental Transformations

Mascareño

2022

Front. Sociol.

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The theory of critical transitions and the theory of self-referential social systems are two well-established theories in the ecosystem and sociological research respectively. A dialogue between them may offer new insights on the complex articulation of the nature and society nexus in socio-environmental transformations. By means of the conceptual reconstruction of both theories and drawing on relevant literature of social-ecological research, in this article, I argue that systems theory can contribute to the theory of critical transitions with a robust concept of communication that accounts for the relevance of semantics and social structures, the production of communicative locks, and the identification of early warning signals of social-ecological transitions in communication. On the other hand, the theory of critical transitions provides systems theory with both a refined concept of crisis as critical transition and the technical tools for empirical research. The article concludes that the dialogue between the science of ecosystems and the science of society is not an intellectual exercise but a form of increasing the correspondence between social-ecological transitions and our explanations and interventions in this domain.

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“…Nonetheless, their sources and authors could be suspect. The motivations for creating and disseminating fake news and product knowledge hiding can be political or financial, and the dissemination of fake news and product knowledge hiding can be facilitated by a lack of trust in traditional media, audiences misled by misinformation/fake news, and various CMC (computer-mediated communication) technologies ( Au et al, 2021 ). Researchers have been exploring several approaches to dealing with the effect of false information from both a technical and legal standpoint.…”

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Role of Digital Technology in Transforming Organizational Competencies Influencing Green Economy: Moderating Role of Product Knowledge Hiding

Bai

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Digital technology has gained momentum in the recent decade, with its relationships with digital entrepreneurship, digital economies, digital social interaction, green economies, etc. These have changed the perspective of business and hence digitalized the strategic policies through blockchains. The current study aims to identify such benefits that have changed the day-to-day life processes and procedures for carrying out different tasks due to the convenience of adopting digital technology. Those benefits have been classified as transparency, centralization, and access to new markets for the organizations considering their consequences, especially when using digital technology. When processes are taking place online, there are fair chances of hiding knowledge about certain products or procedures to gain particular benefits. Hence, this study has considered the moderating role of product knowledge hiding while interacting online. This study is a quantitative post-positivist cross-sectional study that has followed a survey technique for data collection. The population used in this study is the managerial staff of the telecom sector in the mainland in China. The sample size used in this study is 358. The software used in this study is Smart-PLS 3.3. The technique used in this study for data analysis is structural equation modeling with measurement modeling. The findings of this study show that digital technology has led to many benefits for organizations like centralization, access to the new markets, and transparency, which have been made possible remotely only because of the use of digital technology in business operations. However, the moderating role of product knowledge hiding has been found significant only for transparency. This research paper highlights the important benefits of the use of technological use in the corporate world. Also, it contributes to expanding the network of knowledge hiding, addressing the moderation of product knowledge hiding, and extending the known consequences of digital technology influencing knowledge hiding.

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The Role of Online Misinformation and Fake News in Ideological Polarization: Barriers, Catalysts, and Implications

Cited by 65 publications

References 73 publications

Fake news on Social Media: the Impact on Society

Fake news on Social Media: the Impact on Society

Critical Transitions in Ecosystems and Society. The Contribution of Sociological Systems Theory to the Analysis of Socio-Environmental Transformations

Role of Digital Technology in Transforming Organizational Competencies Influencing Green Economy: Moderating Role of Product Knowledge Hiding

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