scholarly journals Detecting and combating fake news on web 2.0 technology in the 2019 political season Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
Samuel Anderson ◽  
Hapsari Dwiningtyas Sulistyani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Citizen Journalism ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Inoculation Theory ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Informal Interview ◽  
General Elections ◽  
The Difference

The digital age has come with lots of misinformation on the internet (web 2.0). The difference between real and fake news is unclear. This paper therefore scientifically employs algorithms and the evolution tree to help in the detection of fake news. Social bots in the spread of fake news are also detected by BotOrNot.  The research employs an in-depth qualitative but informal interview with 102 participants who are internet and social media-active as well as prospective Indonesian electorates to investigate the spread and believe in fake news. The result indicates that about 91 of the informants experience the spread of fake news on daily basis, out of which 67 succumb to the truthfulness of the news. This article therefore develops a trend of battling fake news with the application of the Inoculation theory and citizen journalism as tools to eradicate fake news that may emerge before and during the 2019 election.  ‘Ohmynews’ and ‘ABC blogs’ in the South Korean 2002 general elections and the Australian 2007 Federal elections respectively will be used as models of citizen journalism to deal with fake news that may trend on the Web 2.0 (where social media application are enabled) in the 2019 Indonesian polls. 

Exploring the relationship between corporate responsibility and firm performance from a social media perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Qing Cao ◽  
Dara G. Schniederjans ◽  
Vicky Ching Gu ◽  
Marc J. Schniederjans
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Idiosyncratic Risk ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Expected Return ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Corporate responsibility perceptions from stakeholders are becoming more difficult to manage. This is in part because of large amount of social media being projected to stakeholders on a daily basis. In light of this, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between corporate responsibility framing from the social media perspective firm’s performance as defined by abnormal-return (defined as the difference between a single stock or portfolios return and the expected return) and idiosyncratic-risk (defined as the risk of a particular investment because of firm-specific characteristics). Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses are developed through agenda-setting theory and stakeholder and shareholder viewpoints. The research model is tested using sentiment analysis from a collection of social media from several industries. Findings The results provide support that three corporate responsibility social media categories (economic, social and environmental-framing) will have different impacts (delayed, immediate) on abnormal-return and idiosyncratic-risk. This study finds differences between immediate (one-day lag) and delayed (three-day lag) associations on abnormal-return and idiosyncratic-risk. Originality/value This study also suggests differences between the amount and sentiment of corporate responsibility social media framing on abnormal-return and idiosyncratic-risk. Finally, results identify interaction effects between different corporate responsibility social media categories.

India's social media rules risk deeper surveillance

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Content Type ◽  
General Elections

Subject Indian regulations on social media. Significance In the wake of links recently seen between outbreaks of vigilante violence and the spread of fake news on social media, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has changed the regulatory environment ahead of general elections due by May. Impacts The Christchurch shootings will weaken Facebook’s argument that its content filters are effective. The weakening of encryption on services such as WhatsApp will cut their market appeal. Draft amendments will go through extensive consultations and revisions before being enacted.

scholarly journals Fakebook: why Facebook makes the fake news problem inevitable

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-530
Author(s):  
Paul Bernal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Mass Data ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Internet And Social Media

The current ‘fake news’ phenomenon is a modern manifestation of something that has existed throughout history. The difference between what happens now and what has happened before is driven by the nature of the internet and social media – and Facebook in particular. Three key strands of Facebook’s business model – invading privacy to profile individuals, analysing mass data to profile groups, then algorithmically curating content and targeting individuals and groups for advertising – create a perfect environment for fake news. Proposals to ‘deal’ with fake news either focus on symptoms or embed us further in the algorithms that create the problem. Whilst we embrace social media, particularly as a route to news, there is little that can be done to reduce the impact of fake news and misinformation. The question is whether the benefits to freedom of expression that social media brings mean that this is a price worth paying.

scholarly journals Pacific media under siege: A review of the PINA Summit 2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Geraldine Panapasa ◽  
Shailendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Citizen Journalism ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Political Pressure ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Way

The rapidly-changing technology and transforming political situation across the Pacific have seen a noticeable shift towards harsher media legislation as governments facing unprecedented scrutiny try to contain the fallout from social media, citizen journalism and fake news. These developments were at the heart of the discussions at the Pacific Islands Media Association’s PINA 2018 Summit in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, in May. The biannual event is the largest gathering of Pacific Islands journalists to contemplate issues of mutual concern, formulate collective responses and chart the way forward. This article reviews this year’s meeting, where discussions centred around the opportunities and challenges of the expanding social media sphere, as well as taking a fresh look at some perennial problems, such as corruption, political pressure and gender violence.

scholarly journals Fakebook: why Facebook makes the fake news problem inevitable

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-530
Author(s):  
Paul Bernal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Mass Data ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Internet And Social Media

The current ‘fake news’ phenomenon is a modern manifestation of something that has existed throughout history. The difference between what happens now and what has happened before is driven by the nature of the internet and social media – and Facebook in particular. Three key strands of Facebook’s business model – invading privacy to profile individuals, analysing mass data to profile groups, then algorithmically curating content and targeting individuals and groups for advertising – create a perfect environment for fake news. Proposals to ‘deal’ with fake news either focus on symptoms or embed us further in the algorithms that create the problem. Whilst we embrace social media, particularly as a route to news, there is little that can be done to reduce the impact of fake news and misinformation. The question is whether the benefits to freedom of expression that social media brings mean that this is a price worth paying.

Educommunication Web 2.0 for Heritage

2020 ◽  
pp. 450-471
Author(s):  
Pilar Rivero ◽  
Iñaki Navarro ◽  
Borja Aso
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Online Strategies ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Digital Landscape

Museums have now been using social networks for nearly twenty years. While they began by engaging in activities characteristic of web 1.0, they have come to learn how to adapt to the new digital landscape. They are now fluent in the language and conventions of each social media platform and post content on a daily basis. The 2005 Faro Convention is partially responsible for urging museums to develop these new online strategies. The present chapter examines how large institutions are capable of generating daily content that is both multiform and attractive, but which barely encourages the exchange of experiences and opinions between users. Interestingly, it is in the local heritage-based cyber communities that we find the creation of authentic educommunicative spaces that are even capable of moving action from the digital realm of social media into the physical world.

scholarly journals Empirical Scrutiny of the Usage and Impact of Facebook on the Electoral Process in India: A Concept of the State of Punjab

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2945-2955
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Future Research ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents the analysis of the increasing use of Social Media and its participation during the electoral voting in India with context to Punjab. Besides that, to understand the meaning and impact of especially Facebook on elections, we take survey results collected from different people in Punjab and Facebook data related to different political parties. There are numerous challenges when it comes to engaging people during political campaigns. The current findings in literature show us that previous efforts to involve public participation with prior media tools did not meet the full expectations. With Social Media’s indulgence this could change, because engagementof people seems to be the major concept that explains the difference between the impact of old media and ‘new’ Social Media. The survey explains that Social Media seemed to significantly influence voting behavior during the last general elections (2014). And, during the elections (2019) too, politicians with higher Social Media engagement are expecting relatively more votes within most political parties and banking upon Facebook practices. To conclude, we hereby propose a future research framework which studies how political parties take benefit from Facebook to contrive and convalesce the methodologies they follow with their party members, volunteers and general public.

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA IN INFORMATION WARFARE. ASSAULT WEAPON WITH HIGH RECOIL

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 258-264
Author(s):  
Alin PREDA
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
Information Propagation ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Institutional Communication ◽  
Assault Weapon

Beyond the benefits or risks of individual or institutional communication through social media, we must note that it is the perfect environment for fake news and propaganda because of the speed of information propagation, the unfriendly environment for checking sources, algorithms behind social networks and, last but not least, the extremely low cost. In other words, the Internet and web 2.0 have created the favorable framework for the conduct of the war "for minds and hearts", as it can be called the information war waged through social media. Beyond these considerations, the non-regulation of the online domain - the lack of rules, be they deontological, make social media a powerful weapon of attack in this type of war. At the same time, the use of this space by state actors should be done with caution because it involves risks that could result in the loss of the most important action capacity: credibility. This article aims to analyze social media as a tool in information warfare

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