Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational …

L Wei, J Gong, J Xu, NEZ Abidin, OD Apuke - Telematics and Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study modelled the rational factors that predict fake news sharing behaviour. It also
tested the moderating role of social media literacy skills. The focus was on social media …

Systematic review of misinformation in social and online media for the development of an analytical framework for agri-food sector

A Chowdhury, KH Kabir, AR Abdulai, MF Alam - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ubiquity of social and online media networks, the credulousness of online communities,
coupled with limited accountability pose a risk of mis-, dis-, mal-, information (mis-dis-mal …

User motivation in fake news sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic: an application of the uses and gratification theory

OD Apuke, B Omar - Online Information Review, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This study developed a predictive model that established the user motivational
factors that predict COVID-19 fake news sharing on social media. Design/methodology …

Applications of machine learning for COVID-19 misinformation: a systematic review

AR Sanaullah, A Das, A Das, MA Kabir… - Social Network Analysis …, 2022 - Springer
The inflammable growth of misinformation on social media and other platforms during
pandemic situations like COVID-19 can cause significant damage to the physical and mental …

Fake or real news? Understanding the gratifications and personality traits of individuals sharing fake news on social media platforms

B Sampat, S Raj - Aslib Journal of Information Management, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose “Fake news” or misinformation sharing using social media sites into public
discourse or politics has increased dramatically, over the last few years, especially in the …

Geospatial analysis of misinformation in COVID-19 related tweets

AM Forati, R Ghose - Applied Geography, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has emerged as a global pandemic caused by its highly transmissible nature
during the incubation period. In the absence of vaccination, containment is seen as the best …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of fake news campaigns using graph convolutional networks

D Michail, N Kanakaris, I Varlamis - International Journal of Information …, 2022 - Elsevier
The detection of organised disinformation campaigns that spread fake news, by first
camouflaging them as real ones is crucial in the battle against misinformation and …

COVID-19 in LMICs: The need to place stigma front and centre to its response

K Roelen, C Ackley, P Boyce, N Farina… - The European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
COVID-19 has caused unprecedented health, economic and societal impacts across the
world, including many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The pandemic and its …

Adults' acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine for children in selected lower-and middle-income countries

SA Bono, CS Siau, WS Chen, WY Low… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since emergency approval of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged between 12 and 15
years old was recently obtained in the United States and Europe, we aimed to assess the …

The importance of social media users' responses in tackling digital COVID-19 misinformation in Africa

R Stewart, A Madonsela, N Tshabalala, L Etale… - Digital …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Digital technologies present both an opportunity and a threat for advancing public
health. At a time of pandemic, social media has become a tool for the rapid spread of …