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Undermining Truth: The Rise of Fake News
Truth in advertising is something that many people would call an oxymoron, but with the advent of social media, we have become even more cynical, and it has become common to see the promotion of more than questionable content. Di Domenico & Visentin (2020) explore the nature of fake news and problematic information in their article entitled Fake news or true lies? Reflections about problematic contents in marketing. The authors investigate a multidisciplinary study of multiple scientific papers and managerial reports as a meta-analysis. They use the definition of fake news described by Allcott & Gentzkow (2017, ... (full story)