Andrew Duffy
Andrew Duffy is a communication researcher and the first author of the 2020 paper in Information, Communication & Society titled 'Too good to be true, too good not to share: The social utility of fake news'. The paper draws on twelve focus groups.
Who they are
Duffy wrote the paper with Edson Tandoc and Rich Ling. This page rests on that one paper. His affiliation and his wider publications have not been checked against a source here, and no claim is made about them.
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What the 2020 paper proposed
The paper starts from the point that fake news is usually discussed as a threat at the level of society and that its effect on personal relationships has had less attention. It focuses on people who share a story without knowing or suspecting it is false. Sharing news can strengthen social bonds, the authors note, while sharing a false story can damage them.
Sources
- Duffy, A., Tandoc, E., & Ling, R. (2020). 'Too good to be true, too good not to share: The social utility of fake news.' Information, Communication & Society, 23(13), 1965-1979. doi:10.1080/1369118X.2019.1623904