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Science Disinformation: On the Problem of Fake News

This article is devoted to an important socio-cultural phenomenon that undermines public confidence in science, that is, fake science news. The term fake news is analyzed and data on the dissemination of fake news on social networks is provided. Information sources for science news and fake science...

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Autor principal: Gerbina, T. V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pleiades Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8879168/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3103/S0147688221040092
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Sumario:This article is devoted to an important socio-cultural phenomenon that undermines public confidence in science, that is, fake science news. The term fake news is analyzed and data on the dissemination of fake news on social networks is provided. Information sources for science news and fake science news are identified. Special attention is paid to the dissemination of fake science news during the COVID-19 pandemic.