Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cyprus University of Technology, University College London and Telefonica Research have conducted the first large-scale measurement of how mainstream and alternative news flows through multiple social media platforms.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-11-fringe-reddit-4chan-high-alternative.html#jCp
Read more at: http://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/8840-study-finds-alternative-news-communities-on-reddit-and-4chan-have-high-influence-on-flow-of-alternative-news-to-twitter