Exploring the Psychological Profile of Individuals Vulnerable to Fake News A Conceptual Framework
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-61-9_28How to use a DOI?
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- Conceptual framework; Psychological profile; Vulnerable to Fake News
- Abstract
Fake news has several negative consequences for consumers, the news ecosystem, and even public trust. Because of the impacts of echo chambers, it generates an incorrectly informed public that continues to be misinformed. It has a significant impact on political activities, such as election results, as well as business. For example, fake news on WhatsApp has been connected to mob deaths in India in 2018 and panic purchasing in the aftermath of the COVID-19 assault. As a result, many people are concerned that, if left unchecked, false news would erode public faith in legitimate news sources. The previous study focused on false news identification approaches, with the Tri-Relationship Fake News Detection Framework being one of the most well-known (TriFN). Even though some researchers discovered that participants were usually dubious of false news stories and were extremely good at discriminating real from fake news, others found that participants were typically skeptical of fake news stories. Some people, on the other hand, are unconcerned about discovering the truth if the news serves their wants and convictions, such as political or religious beliefs. Low-level cognitive processing mechanisms (e.g., fluency) that are not interrupted by high-level reasoning processes appear to impact judgments of false news accuracy, according to certain research findings. As a result, the goal of this research is to provide a conceptual framework for the psychological profile of people who are vulnerable to fake news.
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TY - CONF AU - Hawa Rahmat AU - Rohaidah Mashudi AU - Nalini Pragasam AU - Umi Naqiyah Ahmat Puat AU - Hazlina Mohd Miskam AU - Azlina Mohd Khir AU - Kogilavani Rajendran AU - Fatimah Rahmat PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/26 TI - Exploring the Psychological Profile of Individuals Vulnerable to Fake News A Conceptual Framework BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication, Language, Education and Social Sciences (CLESS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 302 EP - 308 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-61-9_28 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-61-9_28 ID - Rahmat2022 ER -