Exam 3 prince mass media

According to Braun and Eklund, fake news publishers were making as much as ____ per month at the height of the fake news problem in 2016.

$30,000

According to the New York Times, there are several networks of partisan local news websites being run by both parties, including one that is larger than the nation's largest newspaper chain.

True

According to the Pew Research Center, the more politically aware are more likely to see fake news and the less politically aware are more likely to share it.

True

Braun and Eklund, in asking why advertisers tolerate fake news, posit that at least at first, advertisers saw people who visited fake news websites as an opportunity to get desirable users at a bargain price.

True

According to the News Deserts report, how many communities that had a newspaper in 2004 are without one in 2020?

1,800

Of the top 20 best performing fake stories on Facebook in the 2016 presidential election, all but how many were overtly pro-Trump or anti-Clinton?

3

According to the News Deserts report, what do economists define journalism as?

A public good

According to Braun and Eklund, ad tech companies view fake news sites in three distinct buckets. One of them was:

Brand Safety

According to the New York Times, Timpone's network posts stories that are outright false.

False

According to the Pew Research Center, Americans believe fake news publisher's ability to make money on fake news was the largest barrier to stopping fake news.

False