期刊论文

Jing Xu

英文

Telematics and Informatics

0736-5853

2023

76

101910

10.1016/j.tele.2022.101910

The descriptive survey research design was used in this study, with an online questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. The survey was conducted in Nigeria, a country that has witnessed growing numbers of fake news circulation in recent years. We focused on social media users in Nigeria who are above 18. Our sample size was obtained using a confidence interval of 95 % and a margin of error of 3 % to arrive at 1068 required responses. We sought to obtain such a large number since our

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This study modelled the rational factors that predict fake news sharing behaviour. It also tested the moderating role of social media literacy skills. The focus was on social media users in Nigeria. An online survey was conducted to gather the responses from participants across Nigerian geopolitical zones. Structural equation modelling (SEM) Smart PLS 3.6 was used to analyse the data. We found that information sharing, the news finds me perception, trust in social media and status-seeking lead to fake news sharing among social media users in Nigeria. Specifically, trust in social media and sta...