Differences between Health Related News Articles from Reliable and Unreliable Media

11/05/2018
by   Sameer Dhoju, et al.
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In this study, we examine a collection of health-related news articles published by reliable and unreliable media outlets. Our analysis shows that there are structural, topical, and semantic differences in the way reliable and unreliable media outlets conduct health journalism. We argue that the findings from this study will be useful for combating health disinformation problem.

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