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Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation

How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation | Communications Major | Scoop.it

"Twitter is making the news dumber. The service is insidery and clubby. It exacerbates groupthink. It prizes pundit-ready quips over substantive debate, and it tends to elevate the silly over the serious — for several sleepless hours this week it was captivated by “covfefe,” which was essentially a brouhaha over a typo."

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Stanford Researchers Find Students Have Trouble Judging the Credibility of Information Online

Stanford Researchers Find Students Have Trouble Judging the Credibility of Information Online | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Education scholars say youth are duped by sponsored content and don't always recognize political bias of social messages.

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Facebook Mounts Effort to Limit Tide of Fake News

Facebook Mounts Effort to Limit Tide of Fake News | Communications Major | Scoop.it

In Facebook’s new experiment, users will have a choice to flag the post as fake news and have the option to message the friend who originally shared the piece to tell him or her the article is false.

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Here's How to Outsmart Fake News in Your Facebook Feed

Here's How to Outsmart Fake News in Your Facebook Feed | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Fake news is actually really easy to spot -- if you know how. Consider this your New Media Literacy Guide.