Social media has become an integral part of our lives because of its popularity among users.
However, the dissemination of fake information has been a significant issue for marketers …

Sharing of fake news on social media platforms is a global concern, with research offering
little insight into the motives behind such sharing. This study adopts a mixed-method …

Purpose This study aims to examine the collective impact of awareness and knowledge
about fake news, attitudes toward news verification, perceived behavioral control, subjective …

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 …

The current study examines the associations of the dark side of social media use and fake
news sharing behavior among social media users. A large cross-sectional data from 1022 …

While fact-checking has received much attention as a potential tool to combat fake news,
whether and how fact-checking information lessens intentions to share fake news on social …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …