Detecting Covid-19 Fake News on Twitter/X in French: Deceptive Writing Strategies

Many who believed Covid-19 fake news eschewed vaccines, masks, and social distancing; got unnecessarily infected; and died. To detect such fake news, we follow deceptive writing theory and link French hedges and modals to validity. As hedges indicate uncertainty, fake news writers can use it to incl...

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Main Authors: Ming Ming Chiu, Alex Morakhovski, Zhan Wang, Jeong-Nam Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2025-04-01
Series:Media and Communication
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/9483
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