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ArticleInformation systems frontiers : a journal of research and innovation2022

Fake news on Social Media: the Impact on Society.

Femi Olan, Uchitha Jayawickrama, Emmanuel Ogiemwonyi Arakpogun, Jana Suklan, Shaofeng Liu

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Article in Information systems frontiers : a journal of research and innovation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Femi OlanNewcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7377-9882
Uchitha JayawickramaSchool of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Emmanuel Ogiemwonyi ArakpogunNewcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Jana SuklanNIHR Newcastle IVD Co-operative Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Shaofeng LiuPlymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fake news (FN) on social media (SM) rose to prominence in 2016 during the United States of America presidential election, leading people to question science, true news (TN), and societal norms. FN is increasingly affecting societal values, changing opinions on critical issues and topics as well as redefining facts, truths, and beliefs. To understand the degree to which FN has changed society and the meaning of FN, this study proposes a novel conceptual framework derived from the literature on FN, SM, and societal acceptance theory. The conceptual framework is developed into a meta-framework that analyzes survey data from 356 respondents. This study explored fuzzy set-theoretic comparative analysis; the outcomes of this research suggest that societies are split on differentiating TN from FN. The results also show splits in societal values. Overall, this study provides a new perspective on how FN on SM is disintegrating societies and replacing TN with FN.

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Fake newsMisinformationSocial mediaSocietal acceptanceSocietal valuesTrue news

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PMID35068999
PMCPMC8767040

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