Infodemic: The effect of death-related thoughts on news-sharing

• Main Authors: LIM, Amy J., TAN, Edison, LIM, Tania
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Fake news; Terror management theory; Mortality salience; Death-thought accessibility; News-sharing; Applied Behavior Analysis; Communication Technology and New Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3317; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4574/viewcontent/s41235_021_00306_0.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Research on the sharing of fake news has primarily focused on the manner in which fake news spreads and the literary style of fake news. These studies, however, do not explain how characteristics of fake news could affect people’s inclination toward sharing these news articles. Drawing on the Terror...