 New media technologies, fake news, and disinformation: challenges for the societyGeorge Banasiewicz MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Abstract: It is important to note that the term fake news was used for the first time in the 1880s when sensational newspaper stories dominated the news. Even though the term does not have a single definition, it has a broad meaning in spite of the fact that it does not have a fixed meaning. False information can refer to any type of information that has been given that is not true. As well as that, there have been instances in which prominent individuals have used it as a means of describing any negative news they have received. In addition, disinformation entails the dissemination of false information with the intention of causing harm to individuals or organizations. The dissemination of false information, especially during elections, is usually done by hostile foreign actors, who are motivated by the desire to cause harm through the dissemination of false information. There are satirical articles that appear to be authentic, even though they are considered to be fake news as a whole. Aside from the sensationalistic or clickbait headlines, there are also articles which rely on no supporting evidence and have sensationalist or clickbait headlines. False news comes in many forms, which is why researchers have been recommending to use the term information disorder as a neutral and informative term to describe the situation since false news comes in so many forms. The purpose of this paper is to examine the regulatory aspects associated with fake news and the use of new media technologies in the media world. It is also intended to explore how and why governmental policy approaches that are drafted by government agencies reflect the notion of convergence in the policies that are drafted by the agencies themselves in terms of the approaches they draft. As far as international policy on telecommunications is concerned, there is no doubt that it is concerned with the underlying issue of identifying an agenda that will be used in order to combat fake news, which is clearly an issue that is of great importance. To the field of telecommunications policy, this is one of the most important questions that need to be answered. Using an exploratory case study approach, this paper will use an exploratory case study approach to evaluate fake news and new media technologies policy globally. Keywords: fake news; new technologies and fake news; disinformation and regulatory framework; media and false news (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in International Journal of Business and Technology Studies and Research 2.4(2022): pp. 13-21 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:115282 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Ludwigstraße 33, D-80539 Munich, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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