TY - GEN
T1 - Uncovering the Share Fake News on Social Media During Crisis
AU - Tahat, Khalaf
AU - Salloum, Said
AU - Mansoori, Ahmed
AU - Tahat, Dina
AU - Habes, Mohammad
AU - Shaalan, Khaled
AU - Naqbi, Noura
AU - Attar, Razaz Waheeb
AU - Alghazo, Emad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an unprecedented amount of information and misinformation, making it challenging for individuals to discern accurate information from false information. To understand the spread of false information during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers conducted a study using structural equation modeling among a sample of 176 students from the Faculty of Mass Communication at United Arab Emirates University. The study found that the spread of false information during the COVID-19 pandemic is influenced by several factors, including people's susceptibility to misinformation, their trust in traditional and social media, and their attitudes toward the pandemic. Specifically, the study found that people who are more susceptible to misinformation are more likely to believe and spread false information. Additionally, people who have low trust in traditional media and high trust in social media are more likely to believe and spread false information. Finally, people who hold skeptical attitudes toward the severity of the pandemic are also more likely to believe and spread false information.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an unprecedented amount of information and misinformation, making it challenging for individuals to discern accurate information from false information. To understand the spread of false information during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers conducted a study using structural equation modeling among a sample of 176 students from the Faculty of Mass Communication at United Arab Emirates University. The study found that the spread of false information during the COVID-19 pandemic is influenced by several factors, including people's susceptibility to misinformation, their trust in traditional and social media, and their attitudes toward the pandemic. Specifically, the study found that people who are more susceptible to misinformation are more likely to believe and spread false information. Additionally, people who have low trust in traditional media and high trust in social media are more likely to believe and spread false information. Finally, people who hold skeptical attitudes toward the severity of the pandemic are also more likely to believe and spread false information.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Entertainment
KW - Fake News
KW - Information Sharing
KW - Information-seeking
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U2 - 10.1109/SNAMS60348.2023.10375458
DO - 10.1109/SNAMS60348.2023.10375458
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85183473800
T3 - Proceedings - 2023 10th International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security, SNAMS 2023
BT - Proceedings - 2023 10th International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security, SNAMS 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 10th International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security, SNAMS 2023
Y2 - 21 November 2023 through 24 November 2023
ER -