Determinants of Fear of Demographic Changes and the Tendency to Spread Viral News Among Millennials

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10.2991/assehr.k.200325.023How to use a DOI?

Keywords

viral news, millennials, demographic changes

Abstract

Tendency of spreading viral news had become quite a problem in itself, as the information mostly was not authorized, and could trigger the fear of structural changes in the society. This study aimed to investigate whether political preference, religiosity, and group chat involvements affected the tendency to spread viral news, and ultimately led to fear of demographic changes. Quantitatively, 170 youths participated in this study and were analyzed in SEM-PLS. The study found that millennials’ political preference affected their news dissemination; involvement in group chats also increased their news channeling. Interestingly, religious millennials feared the shift in demographics. Aside from that acceptance, other hypotheses were rejected. This contributed to the discussion of communication among millennials.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muhammad Wahyuddin Abdullah
AU  - Alim Syariati
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/31
TI  - Determinants of Fear of Demographic Changes and the Tendency to Spread Viral News Among Millennials
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Media Conference 2019 (IMC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 281
EP  - 298
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200325.023
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200325.023
ID  - Abdullah2020
ER  -