Fake news made up under 6 percent of the 2016 media diet

Evidence

In fact, a growing number of studies have now all converged on the finding that – at least during the 2016 presidential election – fake news formed a relatively small (0.15 per cent to 6 per cent) part of people’s overall media diet and was much more likely to be shared by older, predominantly white, male, and conservative Trump supporters who were politically active on social media, especially Facebook. — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 524

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Fake news outperformed reputable news in social media engagement in 2016 — Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, The Misinformation Age: How False…, 18; Americans in 2016 each read roughly three fake news stories in the election build-up — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1611; A single fabricated news story fabricated at a kitchen table reached six million readers — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 216

Broader Connections

• Americans in 2016 each read roughly three fake news stories in the election build-up #expands (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1611