The International Conference on Fake News, Social Media Manipulation and Misinformation (10 Events)

The first International Conference on Fake News, Social Media Manipulation and Misinformation (ICFNSMMM) is a digital event that will take place on April 08-09, 2021 in Athens (event code is 21GR04ICFNSMMM) with 9 other events scheduled over the next few years (see below). This conference will address various forms of disinformation which is one of the most pressing concerns of our time.

The Digital Program consists of the e-proceedings book which is available online-only and includes the conference communications (proceedings abstracts and papers). Registered participants can access the digitally available conference proceedings (and certificates) by visiting their profile pages. There are also opportunities for authors to contribute as well as sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities (see guidelines below).

The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics, and industry researchers. ICFNSMMM aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Fake News, Social Media Manipulation, and Misinformation. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, as well as practical challenges, encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Fake News, Social Media Manipulation, and Misinformation

Call for Contributions

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers, and e-posters. Also, high-quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Fake News, Social Media Manipulation, and Misinformation are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers, and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables, and references of novel research materials.

Guidelines for Authors

Please ensure your submission meets the conference’s strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. Downloadable versions of the checklist for Full-Text Papers and Abstract Papers. Please refer to the Paper Submission Guideline, Abstract Submission Guideline, and Author Information before submitting your paper.

Conference Proceedings

All submitted conference papers will be blind peer-reviewed by three competent reviewers. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Zenedo, OpenAIRE, BASE, WorldCAT, Sherpa/RoMEO, and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.

Special Journal Issues

ICFNSMMM 2021 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Fake News, Social Media Manipulation, and Misinformation. Several selected high-impact full-text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues. All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue. The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly. Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.

Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities

The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor. To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the Conference Sponsorship Request Form.

Selected Papers

Improving Fake News Detection Using K-means and Support Vector Machine Approaches, (Kasra Majbouri Yazdi, Adel Majbouri Yazdi, Saeid Khodayi, Jingyu Hou, Wanlei Zhou, Saeed Saedy).

The Fake News Impact on the Public Policy Cycle: A Systemic Analysis through Documentary Survey, (Aron Miranda Burgos, Ergon Cugler de Moraes Silva).

Development of Fake News Model Using Machine Learning through Natural Language Processing, (Sajjad Ahmed, Knut Hinkelmann, Flavio Corradini)

Analyzing Microblogs: Exploring the Psychology of Political Leanings, (Meaghan Bowman)

Employment Promotion and Its Role in Counteracting Unemployment during the Financial Crisis in the USA, (Beata Wentura-Dudek)

Colada Sweet Like Mercy: Gender Stereotyping in Twitter Conversations by Big Brother Naija 2019 Viewers, (Mary-Magdalene N. Chumbow)

Effect of Social Media on Knowledge Work (Pekka Makkonen, (Georgios Lampropoulos, Kerstin Siakas)

Students’ Perceptions of the Use of Social Media in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia, (Omar Alshehri, Vic Lally)

Sharing Tourism Experience through Social Media: Consumer’s Behavioral Intention for Destination Choice, (Mohammad Tipu Sultan, Farzana Sharmin, Ke Xue)

An Analysis of Language Borrowing among Algerian University Students Using Online Facebook Conversations, (Messaouda Annab)

Attitude towards the Consumption of Social Media: Analyzing Young Consumers’ Travel Behavior, (Farzana Sharmin, Mohammad Tipu Sultan, Benqian Li)