With the prevalence and increasing impact of misinformation on social media, numerous
studies have explored the characteristics of misinformation. However, we lack a holistic …

One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

We synthesize a burgeoning literature investigating why people believe and share false or
highly misleading news online. Contrary to a common narrative whereby politics drives …

Misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic proliferated widely on social media platforms
during the course of the health crisis. Experts have speculated that consuming …

Combating the spread of fake news remains a difficult problem. For this reason, it is
increasingly urgent to understand the phenomenon of fake news. This review aims to see …

Progress in the burgeoning field of misinformation research requires some degree of
consensus about what constitutes an effective intervention to combat misinformation. We …

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 …

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 …

Background The number of psychological studies on conspiracy beliefs has been
systematically growing for about a dozen years, but in recent years, the trend has intensified …

We proposed a conceptual model combining three theories: uses and gratification theory,
social networking sites (SNS) dependency theory and social impact theory to understand the …