Vian Bakir|Andrew McStay
Fake News and The Economy of Emotions
Bangor University|Bangor University
paper examines 2016 us presidential election campaign identify problems causes solutions contemporary fake news phenomenon achieve employ textual analysis feedback engagement meetings panels technologists journalists editors nonprofits public relations firms analytics firms academics globally leading technology conference southbysouth west march 2017 argue significant contemporary fake news furore portends use personally emotionally targeted news produced algojournalism term empathic media assessing solutions democratically problematic situation recommend greater attention paid role digital advertising causing combating contemporary fake news phenomenon nearhorizon variant empathically optimised automated fake news