Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
5-2021
Abstract
The rising ubiquity of mobile-enabled devices has greatly accelerated the spread of online disinformation. Media production and dissemination capabilities are within easy reach of consumers, who may become key nodes in sharing fabricated information. Social media platforms’ advertisement-driven revenue models have encouraged the proliferation of viral and inflammatory content, where journalistic best practices are de-emphasized. Furthermore, opaque algorithms favor fake stories that elicit greater emotional responses from users. Increased deregulation has given mobile media companies considerable freedom over content moderation policies. Finally, emerging mobile technologies have enabled more sophisticated and richer forms of fabricated content to be circulated among a global audience.
Discipline
Communication Technology and New Media | Social Media
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Routledge handbook of digital media and globalization
First Page
1
Last Page
16
ISBN
9780367415792
Identifier
10.4324/9780367816742-24
Publisher
Routledge
City or Country
Abingdon
Citation
TAN, Gordon Kuo Siong; LIM, Sun Sun; and KHENG, Roy.
Lethal, viral, global: The role of mobile media and the growing international scourge of fake news. (2021). Routledge handbook of digital media and globalization. 1-16.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/76
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Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367816742-24