Unpacking disinformation as social media discourse

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Unpacking disinformation as social media discourse. / Farkas, Johan; Xia, Yiping.

Social Media and Society: Integrating the digital with the social in digital discourse. ed. / Majid KhosraviNik . John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2023. p. 107–126.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Farkas, J & Xia, Y 2023, Unpacking disinformation as social media discourse. in M KhosraviNik (ed.), Social Media and Society: Integrating the digital with the social in digital discourse. John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 107–126. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.100.06far

APA

Farkas, J., & Xia, Y. (2023). Unpacking disinformation as social media discourse. In M. KhosraviNik (Ed.), Social Media and Society: Integrating the digital with the social in digital discourse (pp. 107–126). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.100.06far

Vancouver

Farkas J, Xia Y. Unpacking disinformation as social media discourse. In KhosraviNik M, editor, Social Media and Society: Integrating the digital with the social in digital discourse. John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2023. p. 107–126 https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.100.06far

Author

Farkas, Johan ; Xia, Yiping. / Unpacking disinformation as social media discourse. Social Media and Society: Integrating the digital with the social in digital discourse. editor / Majid KhosraviNik . John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2023. pp. 107–126

Bibtex

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