Fake News in Info-Communication Public Sphere: Control of Resistance in Digital Ecosystem

Digital democracy and fake news are changing our democratic systems. Fake news is a reality in our representative democracy. The digital media together with internet web sites are making money by producing fake news i.e. stories that have the flavor and style of faithful journalism but are written in bad faith and without care for accuracy. According to Stanford University researchers, across the US, many students can’t tell the difference between a reported news article, a persuasive opinion piece, and a corporate advertisement. This lack of media literacy makes young people vulnerable to getting duped by "fake news' — which can have real consequences. This paper examines the role of fake news in our representative democracy, the info-communication public sphere and digital democracy. It points out that 'Fake-news' is a deeper socio-democratic shift. Finally, it examines and analyses the "Dynamic Real and Fake News Algorithm" (DRFNA), the blockchain model for monitor monitor and evaluating real and fake news in our democratic ecosystem both locally and globally.