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Public Consultation on Fake News - Opportunities

The European Commission seeks views on fake news and disinformation online from citizens, journalists and legal persons from November 13th to February 23rd

“News you don’t believe”: Audience perspectives on fake news - Reports

While a narrow definition of the term “fake news” deals with fabricated news reports, audiences use the same expression in a more broad meaning. RISJ’s Factsheet aims at contributing to the discussion on fake news from the point of view of “ordinary people”

Call for proposals: Media Literacy for All - Opportunities

The European Commission seeks innovative projects aimed at increasing critical thinking to contrast disinformation on social and traditional media

Information disorder: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policy making - Reports

A publication of the Council of Europe which provides a comprehensive conceptual framework and possible solutions to dis-information and mis-information

Junk News and Bots during the German Parliamentary Election: What are German Voters Sharing over Twitter? - Academic Sources

The article studies Twitter data on bot activity and junk news using a set of hashtags related to the 2017 German Parliamentary Election

Call for Papers: Special issue on 'Reframing fake news' - Opportunities

The journal 'Policy and Internet' is calling for articles on fake news to be submitted by the end of October 2017

Beyond Fake News – A Workshop on Media Literacy and Fact Checking - Training

In collaboration with the European Association for Viewers Interests (EAVI),  the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) will be hosting a workshop in Brussels on September 26th on fake news, media literacy, and the shifting media landscape

Defining "Fake News." A Typology of Scholarly Definitions - Academic Sources

In the last two decades, the term "fake news" has been used with several different meanings, which fall into six categories. It is possible to map them out according to their reliance on facts and their intention to mislead

Call for Papers: Words that Kill, Paris, May 28-30th, 2018 - Opportunities

The George and Irina Schaeffer Center in Paris invites paper proposals that examine the continuum linking symbolic violence in the media and physical violence

Are people incidentally exposed to news on social media? A comparative analysis - Academic Sources

The article examines incidental exposure to news on social media (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter) in four countries (Italy, Australia, United Kingdom, United States) finding that social media use is significantly related to increased news use, even among those who come across news on social media while doing other things