The research compares the actions of reading, liking, commenting, and sharing of real vs fake news. Among the findings was that real info were more likely to receive “likes” whereas false info were more likely to receive comments, this was mainly explained by the emotion driven behavior of users.
Title
Reading, Commenting and Sharing of Fake News: How Online Bandwagons and Bots Dictate User Engagement
Summary
َAuthor
Molina, Maria D. ; Wang, Jinping ; Sundar, S. Shyam ; Le, Thai ; DiRusso, Carlina
Year
2022
َThematic Area
Communication Studies
Topic
Social Media and engagement behavior
Country
Albania
Region
North America
Misinformation Combatting
Detection of Misinformation
Place Published
LOS ANGELES
Publisher
Sage
Journal
Communication Research
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502211073398
URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502211073398
APA 7th End Text Citation
Molina, M. D., Wang, J., Sundar, S. S., Le, T., & DiRusso, C. (2022). Reading, Commenting and Sharing of Fake News: How Online Bandwagons and Bots Dictate User Engagement. Communication Research, 9365022110733–. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502211073398