Andrew Weiss|Ahmed Alwan|Éric Garcia|Julieta Garcia
Surveying fake news: Assessing university faculty’s fragmented definition of fake news and its impact on teaching critical thinking
California State University, Northridge|California State University, Northridge|California State University, Northridge|California State University, Northridge
abstract paper reports results survey faculty members california state university northridge csun los angeles california regarding understanding familiarity concept fake news studies published attitudes teaching faculty universities study unique approach issues facing educators knowledge creators information specialists paper examines origins term fake news factors contributing current prevalence proposes new definition also reports upon attitudes teaching faculty hold define fake news within specific disciplines though nearly surveyed faculty felt fake news important topic impacted professionally researchers also find faculty across disciplines ranks ages gender hold widely differing conceptions fake news lack consensus may future implications students particular higher education general worth exploring