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Vol. 24, 03 January 2024
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Analysis of Misleading and Authenticity of News Headlines
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Abstract
The era of information has brought about a new "reading era" for news communication. Regardless of the type of news report, it is crucial to ensure the truthfulness of the news. The authenticity of news is the foundation for its existence and development. However, due to the entertainment-oriented nature of online media, some companies that profit from internet traffic take advantage of the general phenomenon of most users' lack of attention and irrationality on the internet platform. This phenomenon has been observed for many years and has repeatedly misled the masses, affecting their daily lives. This article analyzes the current problem using a questionnaire consisting of 14 questions. Nine of these questions are AI-generated fake news, while the remaining five are based on news headlines that caused panic in the past two years. This article focuses on the impact of inappropriate news headlines on people's confusion and daily lives. The results indicate that news about daily life significantly impacts people, regardless of their age or reading range.
Keywords
News title, Mislead, Internet platform, Social communation
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-251-0
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-252-7
- Published Date
- 03 January 2024
- Series
- Communications in Humanities Research
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-7064
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-7072
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-7064/24/20231203
- Copyright
- 03 January 2024
- Open Access
- This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited