User attitudes towards fake news and information on social media after the third wave of the coronavirus crisis Cover Image

Потребителски нагласи към фалшивите новини и информацията в социалните медии след третата вълна на коронавирус кризата
User attitudes towards fake news and information on social media after the third wave of the coronavirus crisis

Author(s): Rositsa Slavova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: fake news; identifying fake news; social media] COVID-19; pandemic; sources of information

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses misinformation on social media and some of the main instruments of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for dealing with it during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also presents the results from an anonymous online survey which is conducted after the third coronavirus wave and explores: whether online users consider they can identify fake news;importance of dealing with fake news; familiarity with social media practices for tackling them;attitudes towards social media as a trustful source of information, and users’ opinion on whether social media is coping with fake news and disinformation during the coronavirus crisis.