Modelling the Antecedent Factors That Affect Online Fake News Sharing on COVID-19: The Moderating Role of Fake News Knowledge

Autor/inn/en	Apuke, Oberiri Destiny; Omar, Bahiyah
Titel	Modelling the Antecedent Factors That Affect Online Fake News Sharing on COVID-19: The Moderating Role of Fake News Knowledge
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 35 (2020) 5, S.490-503 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Apuke, Oberiri Destiny)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyaa030
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; News Media; News Reporting; Deception; Foreign Countries; Social Media; Interpersonal Relationship; Sharing Behavior; Information Seeking; Social Networks; Influences; Predictor Variables; Mass Media Effects; Theories; Social Influences; Knowledge Level; Users (Information); Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachrichtenwesen; News report; Reportage; Täuschung; Ausland; Soziale Medien; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Informationserschließung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Prädiktor; Theory; Theorie; Sozialer Einfluss; Wissensbasis; Benutzerprofil; Nutzer
Abstract	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 factors that predict fake news sharing related to COVID-19. We also tested the moderating role of fake news knowledge in reducing the tendency to share fake news. Data were drawn from social media users (n = 650) in Nigeria, and partial least squares was used to analyse the data. Our results suggest that tie strength was the strongest predictor of fake news sharing related to COVID-19 pandemic. We also found perceived herd, SNS dependency, information-seeking and parasocial interaction to be significant predictors of fake news sharing. The effect of status-seeking on fake news sharing, however, was not significant. Our results also established that fake news knowledge significantly moderated the effect of perceived herd, SNS dependency, information-seeking, parasocial interaction on fake news sharing related to COVID-19. However, tie strength and status-seeking effects were not moderated. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01