Informed public against false rumor in the social media era: Focusing on social media dependency

Lee, Ji-Young; Choi, Yun‐Jung

doi:10.1016/j.tele.2017.12.017

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“…SNSs provide individuals with convenient outlets for acquiring awareness of environmental issues. However, due to their fast-forwarding functionality, SNSs facilitate the dissemination of misinformation, which eventually contributes to negative effects on users [ 138 , 139 , 140 ]. Therefore, in future, scholars need to consider the impacts of perceived inaccurate/disinformation on people’s fear of victimization and pro-environmental behaviors.…”

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The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: A Mediation and Moderation Model

Shah

Lü

Ghani

2021

IJERPH

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Climate change poses a huge threat. Social networking sites (SNSs) have become sources of human–environment interactions and shaped the societal perception of climate change and its effect on society. This study, based on the extended parallel process model, aims to examine the effect of exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs on the pro-environmental behaviors of individuals. The study examines the mediation effect of fear of victimization from climate change between the exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs and pro-environmental behaviors, including the moderation effect of attention deficit and decision-making self-efficacy with the help of appropriate instruments. A total sample of 406 reliable questionnaires were collected from students using SNSs in China, and data were analyzed through SPSS and AMOS. Results indicate that the exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs has a direct positive effect on users’ pro-environmental behaviors (β = 0.299, p < 0.01). Fear of victimization from climate change also mediates the relationship between exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs and pro-environmental behaviors (β = 0.149, SE = 0.029, p < 0.01). In addition, attention deficit moderates the relationship of exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs with fear of victimization from climate change (β = −0.090, p ≤ 0.01) and pro-environmental behaviors (β = −0.090, p ≤ 0.05). Similarly, the relationship between fear of victimization from climate change and pro-environmental behaviors is moderated by decision-making self-efficacy (β = 0.267, p ≤ 0.01). The findings offer implications for media organizations and government policy makers, who should post or spread environmental information through the most trustworthy media, with trustworthy sources, in an effective manner, and without exaggerated adverse impacts.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: A Mediation and Moderation Model

Shah

Lü

Ghani

2021

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“…The SNS dependency theory focuses on the degree an individual depend on SNS to carry out a daily task [ 21 ]. The theory assumes that the more an individual rely on SNS platform, the easier it becomes for their conducts and beliefs to be influenced by the ‘opinion’ of others regarding specific issues [ 22 ].…”

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Modelling the antecedent factors that affect online fake news sharing on COVID-19: the moderating role of fake news knowledge

Apuke

Omar

2020

Health Education Research

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We proposed a conceptual model combining three theories: uses and gratification theory, social networking sites (SNS) dependency theory and social impact theory to understand the factors that predict fake news sharing related to COVID-19. We also tested the moderating role of fake news knowledge in reducing the tendency to share fake news. Data were drawn from social media users (n = 650) in Nigeria, and partial least squares was used to analyse the data. Our results suggest that tie strength was the strongest predictor of fake news sharing related to COVID-19 pandemic. We also found perceived herd, SNS dependency, information-seeking and parasocial interaction to be significant predictors of fake news sharing. The effect of status-seeking on fake news sharing, however, was not significant. Our results also established that fake news knowledge significantly moderated the effect of perceived herd, SNS dependency, information-seeking, parasocial interaction on fake news sharing related to COVID-19. However, tie strength and status-seeking effects were not moderated.

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“…11,12 In addition to the differentiation of varied digital media that audiences might be exposed to fake news, it is important to realize that audiences become more alert in their reception practices given the deterioration in news quality and credibility. 13,14 People with accuracy goals tend to practice more active information-checking behaviors and are less likely to be influenced by the disinformation. 15 Based on these findings, two hypotheses are proposed:…”

Section: Digital Disinformation and The Tpementioning

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Digital Disinformation About COVID-19 and the Third-Person Effect: Examining the Channel Differences and Negative Emotional Outcomes

Liu

Huang

2020

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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Expanding third-person effect (TPE) research to digital disinformation, this article investigates the impact of COVID-19 digital fake news exposure on individuals' perceived susceptibility of influence on themselves, their close others, and their distant others. Findings from a survey of 511 Chinese respondents suggest that, overall, individuals would perceive themselves to be less vulnerable than close others and distant others to the impact of COVID-19 digital disinformation. The highest self-other perceptual discrepancy is found when individuals receive disinformation on mobile social networking apps. Also, individuals who practice more active fact-checking perceive themselves to be less susceptible. The perception of disinformation effects on self as well as the self-other perceptual discrepancy is both positively related to emotional responses (anxiety, fear, and worry) to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study contributes to existing research by linking exposure to disinformation in different digital channels, the TPEs, and emotional outcomes in the context of a public health crisis. It also highlights the importance of educating and enabling factchecking behaviors on digital media, which could help to reduce negative emotional impact of the disinformation.

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Informed public against false rumor in the social media era: Focusing on social media dependency

Cited by 43 publications

References 49 publications

The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: A Mediation and Moderation Model

The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: A Mediation and Moderation Model

Modelling the antecedent factors that affect online fake news sharing on COVID-19: the moderating role of fake news knowledge

Digital Disinformation About COVID-19 and the Third-Person Effect: Examining the Channel Differences and Negative Emotional Outcomes

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