Countering the Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Underpinnings Behind Susceptibility to Fake News: A Review of Current Literature With Special Focus on the Role of Age and Digital Literacy

Countering the Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Underpinnings Behind Susceptibility to Fake News: A Review of Current Literature With Special Focus on the Role of Age and Digital Literacy

Fake news poses one of the greatest threats to democracy, journalism, and freedom of expression. In recent cases, fake news’ designs are to create confusion and lower trust among the general public—as seen in the 2016 United States presidential campaign and the Brexit referendum. The spread of infor...

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Main Authors: Stefan Gaillard, Zoril A. Oláh, Stephan Venmans, Michael Burke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
Subjects:
fake news
review
digital literacy
age
cognition
linguistics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.661801/full

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