Purpose This paper aims to conduct an interdisciplinary systematic literature review (SLR) of
fake news research and to advance the socio-technical understanding of digital information …

Political fake news continues to be a threat to contemporary societies, negatively affecting
public and democratic institutions. The literature has identified political bias as one of the …

Background Social media is widely used as a source of news and information regarding
COVID-19. However, the abundance of misinformation on social media platforms has raised …

False information about COVID-19 is being produced and disseminated on a large scale,
impeding efforts to rapidly impose quarantines. Thus, in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic …

Nearly five billion people use and receive news through social media and there is
widespread concern about the negative consequences of misinformation on social media …

The existence of fake news on social media is likely to influence important issues such as
elections, attitudes toward public policy, and health care decisions. Studies have shown that …

Purpose During the past few years, the rise in social media use for information purposes in
the absence of adequate control mechanisms has led to growing concerns about the …

Fake news is a threat to society. A huge amount of fake news is posted every day on social
networks which is read, believed and sometimes shared by a number of users. On the other …

Purpose As the epidemic of online fake news is causing major concerns in contexts such as
politics and public health, the current study aimed to elucidate the effect of certain “heuristic …

This study examines whether personality traits predict an individual's perceived accuracy
and sharing intention of political misinformation and if cognitive ability further moderates this …