TY - JOUR
T1 - Fake news on Social Media
T2 - the Impact on Society
AU - Olan, Femi
AU - Jayawickrama, Uchitha
AU - Arakpogun, Emmanuel
AU - Suklan, Jana
AU - Liu, Shaofeng
PY - 2022/1/19
Y1 - 2022/1/19
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Fake news
KW - Misinformation
KW - Societal acceptance
KW - social media
KW - societal values
KW - true news
KW - Societal values
KW - Social media
KW - True news
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123061034&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10796-022-10242-z
DO - 10.1007/s10796-022-10242-z
M3 - Article
JO - Information Systems Frontiers
JF - Information Systems Frontiers
SN - 1387-3326
ER -