January 26, 2021
Making Sense of Disinformation
Alex Loeb
With the rise of fake news we have seen how institutions, and whole ideologies can be drawn into question because of something someone saw on the internet. Although it has a primarily political connotation after the 2016 US presidential election, fake news can be defined as any fabricated information that mimics media content in form, but not in organizational process or intent. And while it has a primarily political context, fake news also is also being disseminated about topics such as nutrition, vaccination, and finances .