The phenomenal spread of fake news online necessitates further research into fake news
perception. We stress human factors in misinformation management. This study extends …

Background Proliferation of misinformation in digital news environments can harm society in
a number of ways, but its dangers are most acute when citizens believe that false news is …

This article offers a review of scholarly research on the phenomenon of fake news. Most
studies have so far focused on three main themes: the definition and the scope of the …

Through a nationally representative survey involving 855 social media users in Singapore,
this study proposes and tests a framework to explain why people believe in fake news …

Objective Fake news represents a particularly egregious and direct avenue by which
inaccurate beliefs have been propagated via social media. We investigate the psychological …

The term 'fake news' aims to delegitimize news and is weaponized by political leaders and
partisan media. Research has noted the negative impact of the phrase 'fake news' yet little …

Although the rise of fake news is posing an increasing threat to societies worldwide, little is
known about what associations the term 'fake news' activates in the public mind. Here, we …

Fake news has led to a polarized society as evidenced by diametrically opposed
perceptions of and reactions to global events such as the Coronavirus Disease 2019 …

Fake news (ie, misinformation) on social media has sharply increased over the past years.
We conducted an experiment collecting behavioral and EEG data from 83 social media …

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 …