The study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media

Fake news as one of a normal phenomenon all over the world, it exertsa great impact on both individuals and our society. With the popularity of social media, fake news increasingly invades our lives, even brings disadvantages to institutions or countries. According to the analysis of several example...

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Main Authors: Xie, Yuting, Yasin, Megat Al Imran, Shekh Alsagoff, Syed Agil, Hoon, Ang Lay
Format: Article
Published: 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93336/
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author Xie, Yuting
Yasin, Megat Al Imran
Shekh Alsagoff, Syed Agil
Hoon, Ang Lay
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description Fake news as one of a normal phenomenon all over the world, it exertsa great impact on both individuals and our society. With the popularity of social media, fake news increasingly invades our lives, even brings disadvantages to institutions or countries. According to the analysis of several examples, the study aims to improve the phenomenon of fake news in social media so as to promise the authenticity of news in the field of media and communication. Even though it is difficult to achieve nowadays, especially in the current information era, in fact, it calls for the collective effort by the government, information producers and social media platform, as well as audiences. In addition, this study also expects to offer a reference to future journalism practitioners and related academic researchers.
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spelling upm-933362023-05-31T02:23:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93336/ The study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media Xie, Yuting Yasin, Megat Al Imran Shekh Alsagoff, Syed Agil Hoon, Ang Lay Fake news as one of a normal phenomenon all over the world, it exertsa great impact on both individuals and our society. With the popularity of social media, fake news increasingly invades our lives, even brings disadvantages to institutions or countries. According to the analysis of several examples, the study aims to improve the phenomenon of fake news in social media so as to promise the authenticity of news in the field of media and communication. Even though it is difficult to achieve nowadays, especially in the current information era, in fact, it calls for the collective effort by the government, information producers and social media platform, as well as audiences. In addition, this study also expects to offer a reference to future journalism practitioners and related academic researchers. 2021-05 Article PeerReviewed Xie, Yuting and Yasin, Megat Al Imran and Shekh Alsagoff, Syed Agil and Hoon, Ang Lay (2021) The study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Explorer, 1 (6). pp. 1-17. ISSN 2833-7301; ESSN: 2833-7298 https://www.ijmre.com/index.php 06.2021-13139514/IJMRE
spellingShingle Xie, Yuting
Yasin, Megat Al Imran
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The study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media
title The study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media
title_full The study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media
title_fullStr The study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media
title_full_unstemmed The study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media
title_short The study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media
title_sort study of dangers and countermeasures of fake news in social media
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93336/
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