How to spot fake news on your social networks

Aug 11, 2022

A lady is reading her phone on a train platform to illustrate how to spot fake news.

Do you know how to spot fake news distributed via your social networks? Image: Photo by Daria Nepriakhina 🇺🇦 on Unsplash

Carlos Carrasco-Farré

Researcher at the Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences, ESADE Business School

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The fingerprints of misinformation: how deceptive content differs from reliable sources in terms of cognitive effort and appeal to emotions Image: Carrasco-Farré, C. (2022)

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