The eighth edition of this text remains an indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses. This book gives readers an in-depth understanding …

In the last decade there has been a proliferation of research on misinformation. One
important aspect of this work that receives less attention than it should is exactly why …

People's threat perceptions inform their co** strategies. However, no prior research
explicitly addresses threat perceptions of fake news or how people cope with it. To address …

This research examined the hypothesis that people judge as true those claims aligned with
the normative content of their salient social identities. In Experiment 1a, participants' social …

ABSTRACT “Fake news” is a fairly recent term. However, literature demonstrates that the
dissemination of fake news on social media has increased over recent years. While existing …

Bu çalışmanın amacı, FoMO'nun yalan haber paylaşımı üzerindeki etkisini ve bu süreçte
sosyal medya kullanım davranışının aracılık rolünü incelemektir. Günümüzde çoğu insan …

The advent of the internet and information and communication technology marked a radical
shift in how people communicate. Moscovici (1995) highlighted that this new reality …

El artículo se dirige a investigar la contribución de variables cognitivas, psicosociales y
sociodemográficas en la aceptación y tendencia a compartir tanto mensajes …

Susceptibility to mis-and disinformation constitutes a risk for democracy. Research is
needed on how well recipients assess the veracity of news and how their assessments are …

Fake news was conventionally assumed to mean fabricated information published in
newspapers and other mass media. It was mostly done to increase the paper's sales and …