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Truth in an Age of Information

Alan Dix

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, Pages: 7 - 14

Swansea University Author: Alan Dix

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DOI (Published version): 10.5220/0011632000003323

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Many of the issues in the modern world are complex and multifaceted: migration, banking, not to mention climate change and Covid. Furthermore, social-media, which at first seemed to offer more reliable 'on the ground' citizen journalism, has instead become a seedbed of dis-information. Tru...

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Published in: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications
ISBN: 978-989-758-609-5
ISSN: 2184-3244 2184-3244
Published: SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications 2022
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