[kictanet] How to Fight "Fake News"

[Ali Hussein]

Joash

Asante. Much appreciated. Wish we could have access to that research
though.. :-)

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On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Joash Moitui via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Dear Listeners,
>
> Researchers have spent decades trying to understand how
> such misinformation (fake news) spreads and, now, a review of their work
> offers new guidance for the journalists, fact-checkers and others working
> to find, and defend, the truth.
>
> In a report published last week
> <http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797617714579> in
> Psychological Science, a team of academics reviewed two decades of research
> to better understand how to effectively debunk misinformation. In the end,
> they found eight worthwhile studies, with more than 6,800 participants.
>
> Link
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/business/media/fight-fake-news.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits>
>
> Best,
> Joash Moitui
> joash.moitui at gmail.com
> about.me/jmoitui
>
>
>
>
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