Reluctant to Share: How Third Person Perceptions of Fake News Discourage News Readers From Sharing 'Real News' on Social Media

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AUTOR(ES) F. Yang , Michael Horning
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222 USA, Virginia Tech, USA
ANO 2020
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Social Media + Society
ISSN 2056-3051
E-ISSN 2056-3051
DOI 10.1177/2056305120955173
CITAÇÕES 2
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18

Resumo

Rampant fake news on social media has drawn significant attention. Yet, much remains unknown as to how such imbalanced evaluations of self versus others could shape social media users' perceptions and their subsequent attitudes and behavioral intentions regarding social media news. An online survey ( N = 335) was conducted to examine the third person effect (TPE) in fake news on social media and suggested that users perceived a greater influence of fake news on others than on themselves. However, although users evaluated fake news as socially undesirable, they were still unsupportive of government censorship as a remedy. In addition, the perceived prevalence of fake news leads audiences to reported significantly less willingness to share all news on social media either online or offline.

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