There is growing concern amongst policy makers, managers and academic researchers
over the role that social media plays in spreading misinformation, widely described as 'Fake …

Current literature on fake news is rather abundant and mainly focused on history, variety,
and types, rather than processes. This review draws on current literature to build a working …

Fake news dissemination on COVID-19 has increased in recent months, and the factors that
lead to the sharing of this misinformation is less well studied. Therefore, this paper describes …

Social media plays a significant role during pandemics such as COVID-19, as it enables
people to share news as well as personal experiences and viewpoints with one another in …

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 …

This study investigates the underlying motives for online fake news sharing during the
COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented time that witnessed a spike in the spread of false …

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 …

This study modelled factors that predict fake news sharing during the COVID-19 health crisis
using the perspective of the affordance and cognitive load theory. Data were drawn from 385 …

In recent years, the circulation of online misinformation and fake news has drawn our
attention, given it has ideologically polarized society and has led to social instability …

This study summarizes the findings of a sample of 385 students from the Faculty of Mass
Communication at United Arab Emirates University regarding fake news's propagation on …