TY - GEN
T1 - What is Fake News? Perceptions, Definitions and Concerns by Gender and Political Orientation Among Israelis
AU - Steinfeld, Nili
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - “Fake news” is a growing concern among scholars, policymakers and the public. The phenomenon has gained much scholarly attention in recent years, however, most research has been occupied with its manifestation in the United States. To complement on the global nature of the phenomenon, the study evaluates how Israelis perceive its sources and the responsibility of various institutions. The analysis compares trends related to gender gaps and political bias in fake news perception to studies from the US and Europe. Findings illustrate how political orientation correlates with perception of fake news and the main source of false information in the media landscape, such that conservatives associate fake news mostly with mainstream media and journalists, whereas liberals associate politicians and social network users with fake news. Additionally, men and women differ in perceptions, subjective experience of fake news and concerns over the implications of the phenomenon. These trends and their comparison to US and European research contribute to a more complete understanding of fake news as a universal phenomenon.
AB - “Fake news” is a growing concern among scholars, policymakers and the public. The phenomenon has gained much scholarly attention in recent years, however, most research has been occupied with its manifestation in the United States. To complement on the global nature of the phenomenon, the study evaluates how Israelis perceive its sources and the responsibility of various institutions. The analysis compares trends related to gender gaps and political bias in fake news perception to studies from the US and Europe. Findings illustrate how political orientation correlates with perception of fake news and the main source of false information in the media landscape, such that conservatives associate fake news mostly with mainstream media and journalists, whereas liberals associate politicians and social network users with fake news. Additionally, men and women differ in perceptions, subjective experience of fake news and concerns over the implications of the phenomenon. These trends and their comparison to US and European research contribute to a more complete understanding of fake news as a universal phenomenon.
KW - Conservatives
KW - Fake news
KW - Gender
KW - Liberals
KW - Political orientation
KW - Social media
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-93715-7_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-93715-7_1
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AN - SCOPUS:85124653036
SN - 9783030937140
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 3
EP - 18
BT - Digital Transformation and Global Society - 6th International Conference, DTGS 2021, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Alexandrov, Daniel A.
A2 - Chugunov, Andrei V.
A2 - Kabanov, Yury
A2 - Koltsova, Olessia
A2 - Musabirov, Ilya
A2 - Pashakhin, Sergei
A2 - Boukhanovsky, Alexander V.
A2 - Chugunov, Andrei V.
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 6th International Conference on Digital Transformation and Global Society, DTGS 2021
Y2 - 23 June 2021 through 25 June 2021
ER -