What is (fake) news? Analyzing news values (and more) in fake stories

• Main Authors: Tandoc, Edson C., Thomas, Ryan J., Bishop, Lauren
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Mass media; Content Analysis; Disinformation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146452
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

‘Fake news’ has been a topic of controversy during and following the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Much of the scholarship on it to date has focused on the ‘fakeness’ of fake news, illuminating the kinds of deception involved and the motivations of those who deceive. This study looks at the ‘news...