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An Exploratory Study of “Fake News” and Media Trust in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
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In recent years, concerns about the perceived increase in the amount of "fake news" have become prevalent in discussions about media and politics, particularly in the United States and Europe.Abstract:
In recent years, concerns about the perceived increase in the amount of “fake news” have become prevalent in discussions about media and politics, particularly in the United States and Europe. Howe...read more
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Fake news and COVID-19: modelling the predictors of fake news sharing among social media users
TL;DR: It was found that social media users’ motivations for information sharing, socialisation, information seeking and pass time predicted the sharing of false information about COVID-19, and no significant association was found for entertainment motivation.
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Understanding Fake News Consumption: A Review
TL;DR: The authors in this article show that fake news explores all possible aspects to attract the reader's attention, from the formation of the title to the language used throughout the body of the text.
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User motivation in fake news sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic: an application of the uses and gratification theory
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a predictive model that established the user motivational factors that predict COVID-19 fake news sharing on social media, and the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used for the analysis.
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Who inadvertently shares deepfakes? Analyzing the role of political interest, cognitive ability, and social network size
TL;DR: The moderation findings suggest that the relationship between political interest and deepfakes sharing is significantly moderated by network size, and the likelihood of politically interested citizens sharing deep fakes intensifies in more extensive social networks.
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Modelling the antecedent factors that affect online fake news sharing on COVID-19: the moderating role of fake news knowledge.
TL;DR: It is established that fake news knowledge significantly moderated the effect of perceived herd, SNS dependency, information-seeking, parasocial interaction on fake news sharing related to COVID-19, and tie strength and status-seeking effects were not moderated.
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Some Effects of "Social Desirability" in Survey Studies
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