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Is Fake News Here to Stay?
The term "fake news" has become an epithet that President Trump attaches to any unfavorable story. But it is also an analytical term that describes deliberate disinformation presented in the form of a conventional news report.
The problem is not completely novel. In 1925, Harper's Magazine published an article about the dangers of fake news. But today two-thirds of American adults get some of their news from social media, which rest on a business model that lends itself to outside manipulation and where algorithms can be gamed for profit or malign purposes....
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Joseph S. Nye
- Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
Expertise:
- Weak/Failed states
- Coronavirus
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Military strategy
- International Relations
- Soft power
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- History
- International development
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- Military policy
- Afghanistan war
- China & security
- Democracy
- Intelligence
- Nuclear Issues
- Dirty bombs
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- U.S. nuclear issues
- Cyber Security
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The term "fake news" has become an epithet that President Trump attaches to any unfavorable story. But it is also an analytical term that describes deliberate disinformation presented in the form of a conventional news report.
The problem is not completely novel. In 1925, Harper's Magazine published an article about the dangers of fake news. But today two-thirds of American adults get some of their news from social media, which rest on a business model that lends itself to outside manipulation and where algorithms can be gamed for profit or malign purposes....
Want to Read More?
The full text of this publication is available via the original publication source.Nye, Joseph S.“Is Fake News Here to Stay?” The Boston Globe, December 7, 2018.
The Author
Joseph S. Nye
- Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Weak/Failed states
- Coronavirus
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Military strategy
- International Relations
- Soft power
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- History
- International development
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- Military policy
- Afghanistan war
- China & security
- Democracy
- Intelligence
- Nuclear Issues
- Dirty bombs
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- U.S. nuclear issues
- Cyber Security
- Recommended
- In the Spotlight
- Most Viewed
Recommended
Audio - Acast
Russian Interference in Elections with Calder Walton
Analysis & Opinions - Project Syndicate
White House of Lies
Journal Article - Science
The Science of Fake News
In the Spotlight
Most Viewed
Policy Brief - Quarterly Journal: International Security
The Future of U.S. Nuclear Policy: The Case for No First Use
Discussion Paper - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Why the United States Should Spread Democracy
