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The Journal of Economic Perspectives· 2017Q1

Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election

Hunt Allcott, Matthew Gentzkow

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In the 2016 US election, social media was a significant, though not primary, news source, with fake news favoring Trump shared 30 million times on Facebook compared to 8 million for Clinton.

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Field: Sociology and Political Science

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