At a time when some governments frequently accuse the media of disseminating fake news, these experts in the university see the need for the public to be informed on how fake news is generated and disseminated, and how media practitioners can enhance their capacity to verify information they receive from sources, prior to publishing or airing their news stories on TV, radio, print and online.

For communication educators like Arao, David and Khan, social media plays a key role not only in the proliferation of disinformation and misinformation, but in the fight against the spread of the same troubling phenomena as well.

To read more about how fake news affects Philippine society, politics and democracy, please click here: https://www.up.edu.ph/index.php/the-problem-with-fake-news-up-experts-speak-on-the-impact-of-disinformation-on-politics-society-and-democracy/

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