Beyond News Contents
Arizona State University · Pennsylvania State University
Abstract
Social media is becoming popular for news consumption due to its fast dissemination, easy access, and low cost. However, it also enables the wide propagation of fake news, i.e., news with intentionally false information. Detecting fake news is an important task, which not only ensures users receive authentic information but also helps maintain a trustworthy news ecosystem. The majority of existing detection algorithms focus on finding clues from news contents, which are generally not effective because fake news is often intentionally written to mislead users by mimicking true news. Therefore, we need to explore auxiliary information to improve detection. The social context during news dissemination process on…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 160.52
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 42
Authors
3Topics & keywords
- Computer science
- Publication
- Fake news
- Social media
- Context (archaeology)
- Internet privacy
- News media
- Focus (optics)