• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2022

코로나 19 위기 상황에서 정부의 대책이 소셜미디어를 통해 어떻게 확산했는지 알아보기 위해 이 연구는 유튜브에서 코로나 19 방역과 백신 접종 관련 이슈의 확산 과정을 네트워크 분석했다. 마스크 대란, 확진자 급증, 백신 수급 문제에 대한 네트워크 분석결과 코로나 19 상황을 전달하는 언론사 채널의 영향력이 컸고, 조회 수도 높게 나타났다. 다만 보수 성향의 채널에서 감정적 헤드라인이 더 많았고, 보수 성향의 개인 채널이 정부에 대한 부정적 메시지를 확산했고 동영상 조회 수도 높게 나타났다. 정부는 소셜미디어에서 확산되는 부정적인 메시지와 허위정보에 대응하기 위해 정확한 정보를 적극적으로 알리고, 언론은 부정확한 정보, 허위정보에 대한 팩트체크를 해야 할 것이다.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.25-47
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• 2021

This study analyzes 419 fake news items published in India, a fake-news-prone country, to identify the major themes, content types, and sources of social media fake news. The results show that fake news shared on social media has six major themes: health, religion, politics, crime, entertainment, and miscellaneous; eight types of content: text, photo, audio, and video, text & photo, text & video, photo & video, and text & photo & video; and two main sources: online sources and the mainstream media. Health-related fake news is more common only during a health crisis, whereas fake news related to religion and politics seems more prevalent, emerging from online media. Text & photo and text & video have three-fourths of the total share of fake news, and most of them are from online media: online media is the main source of fake news on social media as well. On the other hand, mainstream media mostly produces political fake news. This study, presenting some novel findings that may help researchers to understand and policymakers to control fake news on social media, invites more academic investigations of religious and political fake news in India. Two important limitations of this study are related to the data source and data collection period, which may have an impact on the results.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2023

This study determines how social media users (SMUs) verify the information they come across on the Internet. It determines SMUs' perception of online fact-checking services in terms of their ease of use, usefulness, and trust. By conducting a focus group discussion and key informant interviews, themes were derived in determining fact-checking practices while a survey was further conducted to determine such perceived ease of use, usefulness, and trust in fact-checking services. The thematic analysis revealed major information verification practices, such as cross-checking and verifying with other sources, inspecting comments and reactions, and confirming from personal and social networks. The results showed that SMUs considered fact-checking services easy to use. However, a concern was raised about their usefulness stemming from the delayed action in addressing the information issues that need to be verified. As to perceived trust, it was found that SMUs have reservations about fact-checking services. Finally, it is believed that fact-checking services are expected to be credible and need to be promoted to mitigate any form of fake news, particularly on social media platforms.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2023

Being one of the first and hardest hit countries by the coronavirus, Iran still continues to preserve its place among nations with the highest rates of infection and COVID-19 related deaths. While on the surface, such worrying status evinces the failure of the authorities in handling the crisis, at deeper levels, it points to the fundamentalist nature of the government and political system of the country. In this view, the current devastating condition in Iran is a clear indication of the all-out influence of the Islamic regime's ideologies on officials' decision-making and their political agendas throughout the pandemic. Accordingly, the staterun mainstream media, as the most preeminent institution of power, have been incessantly engaged in disseminating a series of ideology-laden information around the issues concerning the coronavirus, and in line with the developing political discourses during pandemic. Far from being based on factual accounts or scientific facts, these disseminated messages inevitably grew into a source of disinformation, ultimately resulting in overall public confusion and skepticism. Through examining the data gathered from some of the most prominent online news agencies run by the government, this study identifies five major discursive trends through which the mainstream media propagated ambiguous and manipulative information about COVID-19. These findings are then explained in the light of media system dependency theory, leading to the argument that within autocratic nation-states, public reliance on media during a national/global crisis brings about new opportunities for state exploitation, and further distressing consequences for the people.

• Strategy21
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• 통권34호
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• pp.93-127
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• 2014

During the four years following the sinking of the Cheonan frigate in 2010, the South Korean public opinion has seen changes in four basic ways. First, public polls with respect to the cause of the sinking show that 70% of the people consider North Korea as the culprit, while 20% maintain that it was not an act carried out by North Korea. Second, the opinions relative to the cause of the incident seem to vary according to age difference, generational difference, and educational difference. From 2011, people in their 20s showed 10% increase in regarding North Korea as the responsible party. People in their 30s and 40s still have a tendency not to believe the result of the investigation carried out by the combined military and civilian group. Third, the most prominent issue that arose aftermath of the Cheonan incident is the fact that political inclination and policy preference are influencing the scientific determination of the cause. In other words, scientific and logical approach is lacking in the process of determining the factual basis for the cause. This process is compromised by the inability of the parties concerned in sorting out what is objective and what is personal opinion. This confused state of affairs makes it difficult to carry on a healthy, productive debate. Fourth, rumors, propaganda, and disinformation generated by pro-North Korea Labor Party groups in the internet and SNS are causing considerable impact in forming the public opinion. Proposed Strategy 1. The administration can ascertain public trust by accurately determining the nature of the provocation based on accurate information in the early stages of the incident. 2. Education in scientific, logical, rational methodologyis needed at home, school, and workplace in order toenhance the people's ability to seek factual truths. 3. In secondary education, the values of freedom, human rights, democracy, and market economy must be reinforced. 4. It is necessary for the educational system to teach the facts of North Korea just as they are. 5. Fundamental strength of free democratic system must be reinforced. The conservative, mainstream powers must recognize the importance of self-sacrifice and societal duties. The progressive political parties must sever themselves from those groups that take instructions from North Korea's Labor Party. The progressives must pursue values that are based on fundamental human rights for all. 6. Korean unification led by South Korea is the genuine means to achieve peace in a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. The administration must recognize that this unification initiative is the beginning of the common peace and prosperity in the Far East Asia, and must actively pursue international cooperation in this regard.

• 과학기술학연구
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.39-85
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• 2020

정보기술의 발달과 함께 가짜뉴스가 더욱 심각한 사회문제가 되고 있다. 이 문제는 언론 기관의 사실 검증 노력, 법 규제, 혹은 기술적 해법 등 개별적인 차원의 노력만으로는 제대로 관리되지 못하고 있다. 가짜뉴스의 범람은 사회의 신뢰 구조에 근본적 영향을 미치며, 결국 민주주의의 존립 기반을 위협한다. 그러므로 가짜뉴스 문제해결의 어려움에도 불구하고 어느 사회든 이 문제를 내버려 둘 수 없다. 가짜뉴스 이슈는 단순히 진위판정 문제로 한정할 수 없다. 완전한 가짜뉴스나 완전한 진짜뉴스는 드물기 때문이다. 이 문제를 통해서 우리는 불확실성을 잘 경험하고 있다. 그러므로 가짜뉴스 관리란 가짜뉴스의 완전한 제거를 의미하는 것은 아니다. 또한 가짜뉴스 문제를 개인의 합리성에만 맡길 수 없다. 반복적인 가짜뉴스는 개인의 의사결정을 쉽게 무너뜨릴 수 있기 때문이다. 이를 위해서 사회-기술적 차원의 모색이 요구되며, 다학제적이며 다영역적인 협업이 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 가짜뉴스에 대한 기존의 분석과 대응 노력을 알아보고, 기존 방식의 실패 경험을 토대로, 시민과학의 접근법을 통하여 가짜뉴스 관리를 위한 새로운 공공적 온라인 플랫폼을 제시하고자 한다. 이 모델은 가짜뉴스를 수집하고 분석하고 수용자가 반응하는 과정을 근본적으로 재설계할 것이다. 여러 분야의 사람들이 각자의 역량에 따라서 각자의 여유 만큼의 노력을 동원하여 이 플랫폼에 참여하고 기여할 수 있다.