"The term ""fake news"" gained traction during the 2016 US presidential election and campaign cycle. Previous work on this data set identified seven themes in fake news articles, including positions opposing or favoring groups or individuals, conspiracy theories and racist messaging. This work analyzed hundreds of those fake news articles (N=272) in order to better understand the topics covered and stances taken. Seven main topics were identified in the articles. The majority of articles took a stance against an individual, group or topic. Among the articles that took a stance, the majority of them were pro-Trump."
Publisher
iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
iConference 2019 Proceedings
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103336
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103336
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Copyright 2019 Brooke Elizabeth Auxier and Jennifer Golbeck
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