Fifteen years ago, nascent social media platforms offered the promise of a more democratic press through decentralized broadcasting and a decoupling of publishing from advertising revenue. Instead, we get sectarian echo chambers and, lately, a serious assault on the very notion of fact. Not only did fake news play a substantive role in the November 2016 US elections, but recently a fake news story actually provoked nuclear threats issued by twitter.
- Before 'Fake News' Came False Prophecy The Atlantic Monthly Dec. 27, 2016
- Factcheck.org: How to spot fake news
- Adrian Chen (2016) The Agency. New York Times Magazine
- Inside a fake news sausage-factory: 'It's all about income' New York Times Nov. 25, 2016
- Donath, Judith (2016) Why fake news stories thrive online. CNN Opinion.
- Brian Feldman (2017) Google's dangerous identity crisis. New York Magazine
