{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Blog | EU Business School","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog","author_name":"EU Business School","author_url":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/author\/communications\/","title":"Why Does Fake News Spread So Quickly &ndash; EU Business School","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"d1ulIMNT5G\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/why-does-fake-news-spread-so-quickly\/\">Why Does Fake News Spread So Quickly<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/why-does-fake-news-spread-so-quickly\/embed\/#?secret=d1ulIMNT5G\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why Does Fake News Spread So Quickly&#8221; &#8212; Blog | EU Business School\" data-secret=\"d1ulIMNT5G\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-6968450-1-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":"2560","thumbnail_height":"1527","description":"When complaining about the mainstream media&#8217;s critical treatment of his presidency, Donald Trump coined the term &#8220;fake news.&#8221; Since then, this term has evolved to describe misinformation and propaganda in general, the likes of which we saw popularized in new and unexpected ways during the pandemic. Unscientific, unproven theories about COVID-19 and its subsequent vaccination programs were shared around the world quickly and efficiently using new digital tools. This leads us to wonder how and why fake news spreads so quickly and what we can do to combat dangerous misinformation. Read on to learn what fake news is, where you [&hellip;]"}