Spread and Production of Fake News on Social Media:The 20th Presidential Election (소셜 미디어 공간의 가짜뉴스 생산과 확산: 제20대 대선 사례)

Hee Min (민희); Hanbyul Choi (최한별)

Spread and Production of Fake News on Social Media:The 20th Presidential Election

Civil Society and NGO
2024, 22(1), pp.117~148
Publisher : The Third Sector Institute
Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general > Other Social Science in general
Received : April 9, 2024
Accepted : May 16, 2024
Published : June 7, 2024

Hee Min ¹, Hanbyul Choi ²

¹부산대학교 사회과학대학 정치외교학과
²국립군산대학교 법행정경찰학부

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ABSTRACT

In existing research, social media is discussed as a major source of the spread of fake news. This is because social media facilitates the production and sharing of information that has not been fact-checked and edited. It is also possible that recommendation algorithms reinforce selective consumption of information. This view is quite persuasive. However, this study examines the problem of fake news within the context of politics, focusing on how current political environments enable the production and sharing of fake news. Based on this perspective, we analyze the characteristics of fake news production and dissemination on social media. Initially, we examine where, by whom, and with what content the fake news was produced, focusing on news related to the 20th presidential election that was identified as fake by the SNU FactCheck platform. Secondly, we analyze the structure of the spread of fake news on Twitter. The results indicate that the fake news surrounding the last presidential election was mainly produced by political candidates or parties. Additionally, the diffusion network of fake news on Twitter was characterized as a “community clusters,” composed of homogeneous users. Ultimately, the implication of this study is to uncover the nature of the fake news that is spreading in recent Korean politics

KEYWORDS

Social media, Fake news, Political polarization, Twitter, Network of community clusters

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