Does Fake News Matter to Election Outcomes?: The Case Study of Taiwan’s 2018 Local Elections

Fake news and disinformation provoked heated arguments during Taiwan’s 2018 local election. Most significantly, concerns grew that Beijing was attempting to sway the island’s politics armed with a new “Russian-style influence campaign” weapon (Horton, 2018). To investigate the speculated effects of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tai-Li Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CAPORCI 2020-05-01
Series:Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
Online Access:https://www.ajpor.org/article/12985-does-fake-news-matter-to-election-outcomes-the-case-study-of-taiwan-s-2018-local-elections