Editorial Note for Special Issue on Al and Fake News, Mis(dis)information, and Algorithmic Bias

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Donghee Shin

Donghee Shin (Ph.D. & M.A., Syracuse University) is a professor and chair at the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University. His research interests include digital journalism, human-computer interaction, and algorithmic media. His recent research in the algorithm as media addresses misinformation, inoculation theory, and algorithmic biases.

Kerk F. Kee

Kerk F. Kee (Ph.D., the University of Texas at Austin) is an associate professor at the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University. His research primarily investigates the development, adoption, implementation, and ultimate diffusion of big data technologies in scientific organizations. He also studies the dissemination of health information in cultural communities and the spread of pro-environmental attitudes in modern societies.