Fake news propagation is a complex phenomenon influenced by a multitude of factors
whose identification and impact assessment is challenging. Although many models have …

Purpose The rapid advancement of technology in online communication and fingertip
access to the Internet has resulted in the expedited dissemination of fake news to engage a …

Do some types of information spread faster, broader, or further than others? To understand
how information diffusions differ, scholars compare structural properties of the paths taken …

Modern technologies, especially social networks, contribute to the rapid evolution and
spread of fake news. Although the creation of fake news is a serious issue, it is the …

Fake news can have a significant negative impact on society because of the growing use of
mobile devices and the worldwide increase in Internet access. It is therefore essential to …

Fake news is a major threat to democracy (eg, influencing public opinion), and its impact
cannot be understated particularly in our current socially and digitally connected society …

Although the problem of disinformation is on the rise across the globe, previous research
has found that countries differ in the extent of widespread disinformation. In this study, we …

Fake news that manipulates political elections, strikes financial systems, and even incites
riots is more viral than real news online, resulting in unstable societies and buffeted …

In recent years, malicious information had an explosive growth in social media, with serious
social and political backlashes. Recent important studies, featuring large-scale analyses …

Fake news can rapidly spread through internet users and can deceive a large audience.
Due to those characteristics, they can have a direct impact on political and economic events …