Telematics and Informatics

, volume 76 , pages 101910

Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational choice factors and fake news sharing behaviour

Lihong Wei ¹

Jiankun Gong ²

Jun Xu ³

Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin ⁴

Oberiri Destiny Apuke ⁵

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School of Physical Education, Changsha University of Science and Technology, 410114 Changsha, China |

Department of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Art and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia |

School of Journalism and Communication, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China |

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Faculty of Sport and Exercise Science, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |

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Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Taraba State University, PMB 1167 Jalingo, Nigeria |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2023-01-01

Elsevier

Telematics and Informatics

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SJR: 2.131

CiteScore: 20.4

Impact factor: 8.3

ISSN: 07365853, 1879324X

DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2022.101910

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Abstract

• Trust in social media had a greater effect on fake news sharing behaviour. • Social media literacy skills act as an effective moderator of fake news. • The rational choice affects social media users fake new sharing. • Those with low social media literacy skills have more inclination to share fake news. 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 status-seeking had a greater effect on fake news sharing behaviour. We also found that social media literacy skills significantly moderate the relationship between information sharing, status-seeking, the news finds me perception, trust in social media and fake news sharing in such a way that the effects/relationships are stronger among those with low social media literacy skills. This outcome contributes to theory and practice which was highlighted in the concluding aspect of this study.

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Wei L. et al. Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational choice factors and fake news sharing behaviour // Telematics and Informatics. 2023. Vol. 76. p. 101910.

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Wei L., Gong J., Xu J., Zainal Abidin N. E., Apuke O. D. Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational choice factors and fake news sharing behaviour // Telematics and Informatics. 2023. Vol. 76. p. 101910.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1016/j.tele.2022.101910

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2022.101910

TI - Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational choice factors and fake news sharing behaviour

T2 - Telematics and Informatics

AU - Wei, Lihong

AU - Gong, Jiankun

AU - Xu, Jun

AU - Zainal Abidin, Nor Eeza

AU - Apuke, Oberiri Destiny

PY - 2023

DA - 2023/01/01

PB - Elsevier

SP - 101910

VL - 76

SN - 0736-5853

SN - 1879-324X

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@article{2023_Wei,

author = {Lihong Wei and Jiankun Gong and Jun Xu and Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin and Oberiri Destiny Apuke},

title = {Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational choice factors and fake news sharing behaviour},

journal = {Telematics and Informatics},

year = {2023},

volume = {76},

publisher = {Elsevier},

month = {jan},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2022.101910},

pages = {101910},

doi = {10.1016/j.tele.2022.101910}

}

Publisher

Elsevier

Journal

Telematics and Informatics

scimago Q1

wos Q1

SJR

2.131

CiteScore

20.4

Impact factor

8.3

ISSN

07365853 (Print)

1879324X