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http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/10415| Title: | The Rising Tide of Fake News and How to Tackle It: Quickfix Solutions Will only Create More Problems |
| Authors: | Chouhan, Gajendra Singh |
| Keywords: | Humanities Fake News Misinformation Media Literacy Deep Fakes Policy Praxix Social Media |
| Issue Date: | 3-Feb-2021 |
| Publisher: | The Times of India |
| Abstract: | Fake news affects everyone and everything. It comes to us in myriad shades: viral rumors, morphed images, conspiracy theories, and unconfirmed tweets and posts. There is no easy way out to curb its reach. We may blame young people who are not media literate, or social media that is largely untapped by any regulation or responsibility. The author offers three takeaways to overcome present misinformation landscape: people, praxis and policy. Taken together these three areas, the society would much balanced, clean and informed |
| URI: | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3737718 http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10415 |
| Appears in Collections: | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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