Wei, Lihong and Gong, Jiankun and Xu, Jing and Abidin, Nor Eeza Zainal and Apuke, Oberiri Destiny (2023) Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational choice factors and fake news sharing behaviour. Telematics and Informatics, 76. ISSN 0736-5853, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2022.101910.
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This study modelled the rational factors that predict fake news sharing behaviour. It also tested the moderating role of social media literacy skills. The focus was on social media users in Nigeria. An online survey was conducted to gather the responses from participants across Nigerian geopolitical zones. Structural equation modelling (SEM) Smart PLS 3.6 was used to analyse the data. We found that information sharing, the news finds me perception, trust in social media and status-seeking lead to fake news sharing among social media users in Nigeria. Specifically, trust in social media and status-seeking had a greater effect on fake news sharing behaviour. We also found that social media literacy skills significantly moderate the relationship between informa-tion sharing, status-seeking, the news finds me perception, trust in social media and fake news sharing in such a way that the effects/relationships are stronger among those with low social media literacy skills. This outcome contributes to theory and practice which was highlighted in the concluding aspect of this study.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Fake news; Nigeria; Social media literacy skills; Social media users; Social media |
| Subjects: | Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Department of Media and Communication Studies Faculty of Sports and Exercise Science (formerly known as Centre for Sports & Exercise Sciences) |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2023 00:08 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Nov 2023 00:08 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/39307 |
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