The Viral Power of Fake News: Subjective Social Insecurity, COVID-19 Damaging Misinformation, and Baseless Conspiracy Theories
The Viral Power of Fake News: Subjective Social Insecurity, COVID-19 Damaging Misinformation, and Baseless Conspiracy Theories
Author(s): Gavin Sheares, Renáta Miklenčičová, Marián GrupačSubject(s): Media studies, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: fake news; damaging misinformation; COVID-19; conspiracy theories;stress and health;
Summary/Abstract: Employing recent research results covering the viral power of fake news, and building our argument by drawing on data collected from Carleton University, GlobalWebIndex, Pew Research Center, Public Knowledge, Statista, and the University of Canberra, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding conspiracy theories and incorrect scientific information about COVID-19. Structural equation modelling was used to analyze the collected data.
Journal: Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 121-127
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
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