Fake news, disinformation and misinformation in social media: a review

E Aïmeur, S Amri, G Brassard - Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2023 - Springer
Online social networks (OSNs) are rapidly growing and have become a huge source of all
kinds of global and local news for millions of users. However, OSNs are a double-edged …

Citizens versus the internet: Confronting digital challenges with cognitive tools

A Kozyreva, S Lewandowsky… - … Science in the Public …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The Internet has evolved into a ubiquitous and indispensable digital environment in which
people communicate, seek information, and make decisions. Despite offering various …

Human–computer interaction and digital literacy promote educational learning in pre-school children: mediating role of psychological resilience for kids' mental well …

Q Meng, Z Yan, J Abbas, A Shankar… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This research examines the influence of digital literacy on preschool children's school
readiness and mental health. The analysis dissects psychological resilience's role as a …

Aging in an era of fake news

NM Brashier, DL Schacter - Current directions in …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Misinformation causes serious harm, from sowing doubt in modern medicine to inciting
violence. Older adults are especially susceptible—they shared the most fake news during …

Lateral reading on the open Internet: A district-wide field study in high school government classes.

S Wineburg, J Breakstone, S McGrew… - Journal of …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
In a study conducted across an urban school district, we tested a classroom-based
intervention in which students were taught online evaluation strategies drawn from research …

ICT use, digital skills and students' academic performance: Exploring the digital divide

A Ben Youssef, M Dahmani, L Ragni - Information, 2022 - mdpi.com
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are an integral part of our environment,
and their uses vary across generations and among individuals. Today's student population …

Why do people share fake news? Associations between the dark side of social media use and fake news sharing behavior

S Talwar, A Dhir, P Kaur, N Zafar… - Journal of retailing and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The current study examines the associations of the dark side of social media use and fake
news sharing behavior among social media users. A large cross-sectional data from 1022 …

Understanding fake news consumption: A review

JP Baptista, A Gradim - Social Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Combating the spread of fake news remains a difficult problem. For this reason, it is
increasingly urgent to understand the phenomenon of fake news. This review aims to see …

To share or not to share–The underlying motives of sharing fake news amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia

V Balakrishnan, KS Ng, HA Rahim - Technology in Society, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the underlying motives for online fake news sharing during the
COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented time that witnessed a spike in the spread of false …

Educating for Civic Reasoning and Discourse.

CD Lee, G White, D Dong - National Academy of Education, 2021 - ERIC
The aim of the" National Academy of Education (NAEd) Educating for Civic Reasoning and
Discourse" report is to better prepare students to examine and discuss complex civic …