Andrew S. Ross|Damian J. Rivers
Discursive Deflection: Accusation of “Fake News” and the Spread of Mis- and Disinformation in the Tweets of President Trump
University of Sydney|Future University Hakodate
twitter increasingly used within sociopolitical domain channel circulate information opinions throughout 2016 us presidential primaries general election campaign notable feature prolific twitter use republican candidate nominee donald trump use continued since election victory inauguration president trumps use twitter drawn criticism due rhetoric relation various issues including hillary clinton size crowd attendance inauguration policies former obama administration immigration foreign policy one notable features trumps twitter use repeated ridicule mainstream media pejorative labels fake news fake media labels deployed attempt deter public trusting media reports many critical trumps presidency position reliable source truth however given contestable nature objective truth argued trump serial offender propagation mis disinformation vein accuses media article adopts corpus analysis trumps twitter discourse highlight accusations fake news operates serial spreader mis disinformation data show trump uses accusations demonstrate allegiance cover spreading mis disinformation framed truth