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      Diffusion of disinformation: How social media users respond to fake news and why

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      SAGE Publications

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          Abstract

          This exploratory study seeks to understand the diffusion of disinformation by examining how social media users respond to fake news and why. Using a mixed-methods approach in an explanatory-sequential design, this study combines results from a national survey involving 2501 respondents with a series of in-depth interviews with 20 participants from the small but economically and technologically advanced nation of Singapore. This study finds that most social media users in Singapore just ignore the fake news posts they come across on social media. They would only offer corrections when the issue is strongly relevant to them and to people with whom they share a strong and close interpersonal relationship.

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                Journal
                Journalism
                Journalism
                SAGE Publications
                1464-8849
                1741-3001
                August 07 2019
                August 07 2019
                : 146488491986832
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
                Article
                10.1177/1464884919868325
                49976159-3f0e-4289-a474-111bfb3bb2db
                © 2019

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