The psychology of fake news: an exploratory inquiry into social media users' consumption of fake news
Date of Publication
2018
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology
Subject Categories
Psychology | Social Media
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Psychology
Thesis Adviser
Roberto E. Javier, Jr.
Defense Panel Member
Homer J. Yabut
Abstract/Summary
Fake news is an old plight in society that has become an even more damaging product due to the rise of social media. Majority of the research on fake news is made to assess strategies in fighting fake news and profile the type of people who are susceptible to being fooled by it. In this study, the researchers explore the social media user' reasons for consuming fake news by utilizing previously assumed factors in fake news' proliferation as possible reasons also, and, at the same time, allow for new, non-researched reasons to surface. The researchers find that the previously assumed factors for fake news proliferation are also reasons for social media users' fake news consumption. Several new and previously unstudied reasons for consumption have also surfaced.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU17202
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
87 leaves; 29 cm.
Keywords
Fake news; Social media
Recommended Citation
Angeles, P. M., Pangilinan, T. S., Torres, A. A., & Villabroza, J. V. (2018). The psychology of fake news: an exploratory inquiry into social media users' consumption of fake news. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7362
