Some Considerations on Fake News Detection
Some Considerations on Fake News Detection
Author(s): Diana HornoiuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: deception detection; fake news; fabrication; hoax; satire; fact-checking; natural language processing.
Summary/Abstract: The paper addresses the phenomenon of fake news. First, it provides an overview of definitions of fake news in recent research, with special focus on three categories of fake news, depending on the intent behind falsification: a) fabrication, b) hoaxing and c) satire.Second, it looks into the methodological issues related to gathering a relevant corpus for fake news detection, highlighting the conditions such a corpus is supposed to meet. Last but not least, the paper argues for a model of analysis for the detection of fake news within the framework of Natural language processing.
Journal: Analele Universităţii Ovidius din Constanţa. Seria Filologie
- Issue Year: XXX/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 336-344
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English