TY - JOUR
T1 - Fake news and aggregated credibility
T2 - Conceptualizing a co-creative medium for evaluation of sources online
AU - Faraon, Montathar
AU - Jaff, Agnieszka
AU - Paschoalini Nepomuceno, Liegi
AU - Villavicencio, Victor
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The accelerated spread of fake news via the Internet and social media such as Facebook and Twitter have created a debate concerning the credibility of sources online. Assessing the credibility of these sources is generally a complex task and cannot solely rely on computer-based algorithms as evaluation still requires human intelligence. The research question guiding this article deals with the conceptualization of a theoretically anchored concept of a participatory and co-creative medium for evaluation of sources online. The concept-driven design research methodology was applied to address the research question, which consisted of seven activities that unify design and theory. The result of this article is a proposed concept that aims to support the assessment of the credibility of sources online using crowdsourcing as an approach for evaluation. The practical implications of the proposed concept could be to constrain the spread of fake news, strengthen online democratic discourse, and potentially improve the quality of online information.
AB - The accelerated spread of fake news via the Internet and social media such as Facebook and Twitter have created a debate concerning the credibility of sources online. Assessing the credibility of these sources is generally a complex task and cannot solely rely on computer-based algorithms as evaluation still requires human intelligence. The research question guiding this article deals with the conceptualization of a theoretically anchored concept of a participatory and co-creative medium for evaluation of sources online. The concept-driven design research methodology was applied to address the research question, which consisted of seven activities that unify design and theory. The result of this article is a proposed concept that aims to support the assessment of the credibility of sources online using crowdsourcing as an approach for evaluation. The practical implications of the proposed concept could be to constrain the spread of fake news, strengthen online democratic discourse, and potentially improve the quality of online information.
KW - aggregated credibility
KW - co-creation
KW - community
KW - concept-driven design research
KW - crowdsourcing
KW - fake news
KW - participation
KW - sources
U2 - 10.4018/IJACI.20201001.oa1
DO - 10.4018/IJACI.20201001.oa1
M3 - Article
SN - 1941-6237
VL - 11
SP - 93
EP - 117
JO - International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI)
JF - International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI)
IS - 4
ER -