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Misinformation on Instagram: The Impact of Trusted Endorsements on Message Credibility

Tuesday June 30, 2020

Instagram continues to be one of the fastest growing social networks and currently has more than one billion users. While Instagram has not been a focus of investigations into misinformation, it has not been immune to bad actors. And the nature of the Instagram platform, for example the inability to link to credible sources, makes establishing authenticity problematic.

 

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Sylvia Chan-Olmsted and CJC Alum Co-Author Article on Misinformation on Instagram and Message Credibility

Thursday June 25, 2020

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Professor Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, Paul Mena, Ph.D. 2019 and Danielle Barbe are the co-authors of Misinformation on Instagram: The Impact of Trusted Endorsement on Message …

Cleaning Up Social Media: The Effect of Warning Labels on Likelihood of Sharing False News on Facebook

Tuesday August 27, 2019

It has become increasingly difficult to decipher fact from fiction on social media sites. As a result, warning labels are appearing online in the hopes of curbing the dissemination of less-than-credible news reports.

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CJC Doctoral Student’s Fact-Checking Survey Results Published in Journalism Practice

Monday November 26, 2018

Paul Mena, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, is the author of “Principles and Boundaries of Fact-Checking: Journalists’ Perceptions” published in Journalism Practice on Nov. 16. Mena reports on the …
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Why People Share Fake News

Wednesday June 28, 2017

Why do people fall for fake news and share false contents? There is no single answer. But, Paul Mena, former BBC reporter and CJC graduate student, is currently looking for answers.

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CJC Doctoral Student Joins MediaShift Conversation on Journalism Education in the Fake News Era

Wednesday June 28, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student Paul Mena will join a panel of educators for a MediaShift Twitter conversation on June 28 at 1 p.m. The discussion will focus on what steps educators are taking now to inform, …