The study compared between fake and real microblogs, specifically those related to COVID 19. And interesting finding was that fake news utilized anger and disgust to gain attention, they also used more pictures. The play at emotions and morality guaranteed impact which is often linked to taking action or at the least had an effect on opinions.
Title
When Falsehood Wins? Varied Effects Of Sensational Elements On Users’ Engagement With Real And Fake Posts
Summary
َAuthor
Sui, Mingxiao ; Hawkins, Ian ; Wang, Rui
Year
2023
َThematic Area
Health
Topic
Social Media and engagement behavior
Country
Region
Global
Misinformation Combatting
Cross Cutting
Place Published
OXFORD
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
Computers in Human Behavior
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107654
URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107654
APA 7th End Text Citation
Sui, M., Hawkins, I., & Wang, R. (2023). When falsehood wins? Varied effects of sensational elements on users’ engagement with real and fake posts. Computers in Human Behavior, 142, 107654–. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107654