Fake News are Easier, More Emotional and Less Complex: Some Evidence from Spanish

Characterizing false information based on linguistic analysis is important to understand the factors that affect the proliferation of fake news in the media. Previous work has identified some linguistic regularities that suggest a trend towards decreased complexity, polarization and sentiment in fal...

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Published in:	Psychology of Language and Communication
Main Author:	Reali Florencia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2025-01-01
Subjects:	fake news news replication linguistic cues complexity emotional content
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.58734/plc-2025-0012

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