Spread of misinformation on social media: What contributes to it and how to combat it

S Chen, L Xiao, A Kumar - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
With the prevalence and increasing impact of misinformation on social media, numerous
studies have explored the characteristics of misinformation. However, we lack a holistic …

[PDF][PDF] El impacto de las fake news en la investigación en Ciencias Sociales. Revisión bibliográfica sistematizada

IB Alfonso, CG Galera, ST Calvo - Historia y comunicación social, 2019 - academia.edu
Las noticias falsas o fake news vienen ocupando un papel protagonista a nivel político,
social, mediático y también, científico. En este trabajo se desarrolla una revisión …

Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational …

L Wei, J Gong, J Xu, NEZ Abidin, OD Apuke - Telematics and Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study modelled the rational factors that predict fake news sharing behaviour. It also
tested the moderating role of social media literacy skills. The focus was on social media …

Anxiety disorders, COVID-19 fear, and vaccine hesitancy

A McNeil, C Purdon - Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of the COVID-19 vaccines unfolded in real-time, lending a sense that
they were developed more rapidly than other vaccines. Long-term data on their safety and …

The fake news wave: Academic libraries' battle against misinformation during COVID-19

S Bangani - The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2021 - Elsevier
This study employed qualitative research methods to establish the contribution of academic
libraries to the fight against fake news in South Africa. The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted to …

Improving college students' fact-checking strategies through lateral reading instruction in a general education civics course

JE Brodsky, PJ Brooks, D Scimeca, R Todorova… - Cognitive Research …, 2021 - Springer
College students lack fact-checking skills, which may lead them to accept information at face
value. We report findings from an institution participating in the Digital Polarization Initiative …

Librarians against fake news: A systematic literature review of library practices (Jan. 2018–Sept. 2020)

J Revez, L Corujo - The journal of academic librarianship, 2021 - Elsevier
This study's purpose is to systematically review the literature to identify the most recent
library practices against fake news. Libraries are perceived as an important player against …

Libraries and fake news: What's the problem? What's the plan?

MC Sullivan - Communications in Information Literacy, 2019 - pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu
This article surveys the library and information science (LIS) response to the problems of
fake news and misinformation from the 2016 US presidential election to the end of 2018 …

Testing children and adolescents' ability to identify fake news: A combined design of quasi-experiment and group discussions

EA Dumitru - Societies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, people increasingly choose to turn to the Internet and especially to social media
for news and other types of content, while often not questioning the trustworthiness of the …

What do teachers know about digital safety?

Ł Tomczyk - Computers in the Schools, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The research objective was to determine the level of digital literacy (DL) among teachers.
The scope of DL was narrowed to the issue of the safe use of electronic media. The research …