Pine wrote:
I'm finding it encouraging to see that a number of researchers and
journalists are taking these problems seriously, trying to understand them,
and trying to improve the situation.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/misinformation-on-social-media-could…
I'm encouraged by the studies, but confused about why the fake news
phenomenon is considered novel, rather than continuations of age-old
disinformation, yellow journalism, aggressive public relations,
manufactured consent, astroturfing, propaganda, and deceptive
marketing. There's nothing new about it other than the term.