I double-checked. No such paper. Just a fabricated citation, right in the area of "fake news detection". So, in a way, I’ve been cited… in an alternate academic universe? Lesson: verify your AI-generated text. Otherwise, you might end up citing papers from the Multiverse of Academia.

It had to happen sooner or later. Today, as an academic editor, I received a paper citing… a non-existent paper supposedly authored by me. The citation looked legit, something I could have written, but… I definitely didn’t.

Especially these days, easy-to-process, emotional, and highly moral-charged stories can be misleading.

Stay vigilant.

And, of course, it is not only about individuals. Media outlets should be responsible in their reporting, avoiding clickbait and hasty publication for the sake of clicks and likes: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
#ResponsibleMedia #FactCheck

How to spot fake news from real news on social networks By following the theories of human cognition and behavioural sciences, we can apply natural language processing to help spot fake news on social networks.

Here are some tips for detecting fake news on your social networks: www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/... #MediaLiteracy #CriticalThinking

The fingerprints of misinformation: how deceptive content differs from reliable sources in terms of ... Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The fingerprints of misinformation: how deceptive content differs from reliable sources in terms of cognitive effort and appeal to emotions

Misinformation tends to be:

- Easier to process (3% easier to read)
- Emotional (10 times more relying on negative sentiment)
- Morally loaded (37% more appealing to morality)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Unfortunately, these days it is important to remember that the more a news story stirs your emotions or aligns with your morals, the more reason there is to be skeptical. #MisinformationAwareness