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fake websites during,               bots on, 38
                   13–14                             communication after
                 impact of fake news on                disasters by, 35–37
                   voting in, 6                      growth of, 31–32
                 Russian interference in,            manipulation of, to spread
                   43–44                               fake news, 41–42
               public opinion                        as news source, 31,
                 digital technologies and              32–33
                   manipulation of, 4–6, 38,         spread of disinformation by,
                   41–42                               35–37
                 See also surveys                  Soros, George, 23–24
                                                   Starbucks, 19
               Rosenstein, Rod, 43, 44             Stein, Kurt, 25–26
               Russia                              SurveyMonkey (website), 24
                 Brexit vote and, 47               surveys
                 Facebook and, 53                    on belief that fake news is
                 French election and, 46–47            reported, 24
                 2018 midterm elections              on fake news, 20
                   and, 50                           on restricting false
                 2016 US presidential                  information, 60
                   election and, 43–44,              on social media as news
                   54–55                               source, 32
               Ryan, Paul, 28                        on trust in media, 7–8


               Sanders, Bernie, 44                 Trump, Donald, 5, 16, 16–17,
               satire, 13, 21, 27–28                 23
               Schindler, Philipp, 57                on Amazon, 32–33
               Schneider, Howard, 62                 use of “fake news” label by,
               Science (journal), 33                   24
               Scott, Rick, 36                     Tucker, Eric, 34–35
               Shiundu, Alphonce, 50               Twitter, 11, 19, 32, 49
               Snopes (website), 71                  Boston marathon bombing
               social media                            and, 18, 33–34
                 advertising model of, 39–40         number of active users on,
                 algorithms and, 37–39                 31




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