Title

Literacy Concepts as an Intervention Strategy for Improving Fake News Knowledge, Detection Skills, and Curtailing the Tendency to Share Fake News in Nigeria

Summary

An interesting study done on university students in Nigeria, where a treatment and control group are examined in how they dealt with fake news especially those spread via social media. the study found that the group who were provided with strategies to check information where more likely to share accurate information.

َAuthor

Apuke, Oberiri Destiny ; Omar, Bahiyah ; Asude Tunca, Elif

Year

2023

َThematic Area

Data and Information Management

Topic

Social Media and Elif Asude

Country

Armenia

Region

Africa

Misinformation Combatting

Combatting Strategies

Place Published

ABINGDON

APA 7th End Text Citation

Apuke, O. D., Omar, B., & Asude Tunca, E. (2023). Literacy Concepts as an Intervention Strategy for Improving Fake News Knowledge, Detection Skills, and Curtailing the Tendency to Share Fake News in Nigeria. Child & Youth Services, 44(1), 88–103. https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2021.2024758