Fake news on the internet: a literature review, synthesis and directions for future research

Y Wu, EWT Ngai, P Wu, C Wu - Internet Research, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The extensive distribution of fake news on the internet (FNI) has significantly
affected many lives. Although numerous studies have recently been conducted on this topic …

Diving into the divide: a systematic review of cognitive bias-based polarization on social media

Y Xing, JZ Zhang, VC Storey… - Journal of Enterprise …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The global prevalence of social media and its potential to cause polarization are
highly debated and impactful. The previous literature often assumes that the ideological bias …

Risk sharing on Twitter: Social amplification and attenuation of risk in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

XA Zhang, R Cozma - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Social media trust and sharing behaviors have considerable implications on how risk is
being amplified or attenuated at early stages of pandemic outbreaks and may undermine …

Examining the motivations of sharing political deepfake videos: the role of political brand hate and moral consciousness

I Sharma, K Jain, A Behl, A Baabdullah… - Internet …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Deepfakes are fabricated content created by replacing an original image or video
with someone else. Deepfakes have recently become commonplace in politics, posing …

How disinformation on WhatsApp went from campaign weapon to governmental propaganda in Brazil

JVS Ozawa, SC Woolley, J Straubhaar… - Social Media+ …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The popular encrypted messaging and chat app WhatsApp played a key role in the election
of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in 2018. The present study builds on this knowledge …

News can help! The impact of news media and digital platforms on awareness of and belief in misinformation

S Altay, RK Nielsen, R Fletcher - The International Journal …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Does the news media exacerbate or reduce misinformation problems? Although some news
media deliberately try to counter misinformation, it has been suggested that they might also …

Literacy concepts as an intervention strategy for improving fake news knowledge, detection skills, and curtailing the tendency to share fake news in Nigeria

OD Apuke, B Omar, E Asude Tunca - Child & Youth Services, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the role of literacy concepts (information, news, media, and digital
literacies), as an intervention strategy, in improving fake news knowledge, detection skills …

Facing falsehoods: Strategies for polite misinformation correction

P Malhotra, K Pearce - International Journal of Communication, 2022 - ijoc.org
Misinformation is a serious problem. One gap in misinformation correction research is
understanding the role of relational concerns, particularly adherence to politeness norms …

[PDF][PDF] Inaccuracies and Izzat: Channel Affordances for the Consideration of Face in Misinformation Correction

KE Pearce, P Malhotra - Journal of Computer-Mediated …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The correction of misinformation is an important scholarly and practical endeavor.
Understanding the correction process requires drawing on theorizing from a multitude of …

Social networks and internet emotional relationships on mental health and quality of life in students: structural equation modelling

F Aliverdi, H Farajidana, ZM Tourzani, L Salehi… - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Background Social networks and relationships create a sense of belonging and social
identity; hence, can affect mental health and the quality of life, especially in young people …