This volume examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas, and explores wh

Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, concerns about fake news have fostered calls for government regulation and industry intervention to mitigate the infl

Over the last few years, social media has expanded to become a key platform for news dissemination and circulation, and a key orginator and propogator of 'fake

While popularized by President Donald Trump, the term "fake news" actually originated toward the end of the 19th century, in an era of rampant yellow journalism

A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.