Why do people share fake news?: Associations between the dark side of social media use and fake news sharing behavior

Shalini Talwar; Amandeep Dhir; Puneet Kaur; Nida Zafar; Melfi Alrasheedy

doi:10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.05.026

Why do people share fake news? Associations between the dark side of social media use and fake news sharing behavior

Shalini Talwar, Amandeep Dhir, Puneet Kaur, Nida Zafar, Melfi Alrasheedy

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Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
Volume	51
Pages (from-to)	72-82
Number of pages	11
ISSN	0969-6989
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.05.026
Publication status	Published - Nov 2019
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

Cross-sectional study
Fear of missing out (FoMO)
Self-disclosure
Social comparison
Social media fatigue and trust
SELF-PRESENTATION
FACEBOOK
FATIGUE
FEAR
DISCLOSURE
MISINFORMATION
COMMUNICATION
ACCESSIBILITY
CONSEQUENCES
INFORMATION
512 Business and Management
516 Educational sciences
518 Media and communications

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