Since 2016, the spotlight on misinformation has been growing with “fake news” stories and the emergence of deep fakes (where someone in a video can be replaced with someone else’s likeness through artificial intelligence), and media platforms are trying to find a comprehensive solution to stop the spread of this misinformation.
Although some solutions are being implemented, including Facebook’s program to hire third-party fact-checkers, the rapid pace of the production of an advanced form of misinformation is making it nearly impossible to identify fact from fiction. In response to this, The New York Times and IBM are partnering to provide a more comprehensive solution through blockchain. Titled The News Provenance Project, this project will put images and multi-media on blockchain to identify if they have been altered in any way to help internet users understand how the information they are viewing ended up there and if it is from a reliable source.
Recognizing the critical nature of understanding, identifying, and preventing misinformation in the media, IGI Global recently released the Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online. Edited by Prof. Innocent E. Chiluwa, from Covenant University, Nigeria, and Prof. Sergei A. Samoilenko, from George Mason University, USA, this publication provides very comprehensive perspectives on the recent research surrounding this trending area and offers many practical solutions and case studies on the latest deception-detecting methods, as well as character assassination, and political deception, outlining scenarios in which this emerging blockchain technology could be applied.
This publication is currently available both in print (ISBN: 9781522585350) and electronic (EISBN: 9781522585374) format through IGI Global’s Online Bookstore at a 20% discount, and is featured in IGI Global’s InfoSci®-Books database (5,300+ e-books). Recommend this publication and the InfoSci-Books database to your library to have access to this critical research, as well as thousands of other research resources, including the chapters below, in the IGI Global InfoSci-Books database.
- “Fake News and Information Warfare: An Examination of the Political and Psychological Processes From the Digital Sphere to the Real World”
Prof. Rosanna E. Guadagno (Stanford University, USA) and Prof. Karen Guttieri (Air University, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 | Pages: 25
- “Understanding Online Falsehood From the Perspective of Social Problem”
Prof. Anjan Pal (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and Prof. Snehasish Banerjee (University of York, UK)
Copyright: © 2019 | Pages: 17
- “Misinformation via Tampered Multimedia Content”
Prof. Anastasia Katsaounidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Prof. Charalampos Dimoulas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), and Prof. Andreas Veglis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Copyright: © 2019 | Pages: 25
- “The Political Use and Abuse of Science”
Prof. Gabriel R. Ricci (Elizabethtown College, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 | Pages: 20
- “Algorithms vs. Hive Minds: Preserving Democracy's Future in the Age of AI”
Prof. Rick Searle (IEET, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 | Pages: 14
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Related Titles on Misinformation and Fake News in Media
| | Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online
Prof. Innocent E. Chiluwa (Covenant University, Nigeria) and Prof. Sergei A. Samoilenko (George Mason University, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 | Pages: 651 | ISBN: 9781522585350 | EISBN: 9781522585374
This scholarly publication provides broad perspectives, practices, and case studies on online deception. It also offers deception-detection methods on how to address the challenges of the various aspects of deceptive online communication and cyber fraud. While highlighting topics such as behavior analysis, cyber terrorism, and network security, this publication explores various aspects of deceptive behavior and deceptive communication on social media, as well as new methods examining the concepts of fake news and misinformation, character assassination, and political deception. This book is ideally designed for academicians, students, researchers, media specialists, and professionals involved in media and communications, cyber security, psychology, forensic linguistics, and information technology. |
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| | Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World
Prof. Kimiz Dalkir (McGill University, Canada) and Prof. Rebecca Katz (McGill University, Canada)
Copyright: © 2020 | Pages: 375 | ISBN: 9781799825432 | EISBN: 9781799825456
This scholarly publication is a collection of innovative research on human and automated methods to deter the spread of misinformation online, such as legal or policy changes, information literacy workshops, and algorithms that can detect fake news dissemination patterns in social media. While highlighting topics including source credibility, share culture, and media literacy, this book is ideally designed for social media managers, technology and software developers, IT specialists, educators, columnists, writers, editors, journalists, broadcasters, newscasters, researchers, policymakers, and students. |
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| | Cross-Media Authentication and Verification: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Prof. Anastasia Katsaounidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Prof. (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) and Prof. Andreas Veglis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Copyright: © 2019 | Pages: 213 | ISBN: 9781522555926 | EISBN: 9781522555933
This scholarly publication is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of verifying the newsgathering and publishing process. While highlighting topics including human authentication, information evaluation, and tampered content, this book is ideally designed for researchers, students, publishers, and academicians seeking current research on media authenticity and misinformation. |
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