The psychology of fake news: an exploratory inquiry into social media users' consumption of fake news

• Main Authors: Angeles, Patrick Joshua M., Pangilinan, Timothy Joseph S., Torres, Anthony Carl A., Villabroza, Jose Lorenzo V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Fake news; Social media; Psychology; Social Media
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7362
• Institution: De La Salle University

Fake news is an old plight in society that has become an even more damaging product due to the rise of social media. Majority of the research on fake news is made to assess strategies in fighting fake news and profile the type of people who are susceptible to being fooled by it. In this study, the r...