Factors Affecting the Share of Fake News About Covid-19 Outbreak on Social Networks in Vietnam

Abstract

In recent days in Vietnam, the amount of fake news spreading online about the Covid-19 epidemic has shown signs of increasing, causing information confusion and complicating the situation. This fact has received significant attention from scientists. To supplement the evidence of previous studies, enrich the research literature and make policy recommendations to the Government, this study explores the factors influencing the sharing of fake news on social networks. This study was conducted through a cross-sectional survey using an intentional sampling technique (n = 200) multivariate linear regression analysis technique was applied to prove the hypotheses. Research results show that the factors of altruism, entertainment, socialization, self-promotion, and instant information sharing have a positive and meaningful impact on sharing fake news about Covid_19 on social networks.

Sosyal Medya Kullanım Motivasyonlarının Yalan Haber Paylaşımı Üzerindeki Etkileri: Konya’daki Üniversite Gençliği Araştırması

“…University students who turn to social media to pass the time tend to share fake news. Similar results are striking in the study of Apuke & Omar (2021a) and Thanh et al (2021).…”

“…Sosyal medya kullanıcıları paylaşımlar, beğeniler veya retweetler yoluyla fikirlerini geliştirebilir veya haberleri yayabilir; bu nedenle, özellikle bağımsız yazarlardan gelen haberler olmak üzere, her zaman kontrol edilemez bir bilgi türüne maruz kalırlar (Apuke & Omar, 2021). Sosyal medya, insanların haberleri, kişisel deneyimlerini ve görüşlerini gerçek zamanlı olarak birbirleriyle paylaşmalarına olanak tanıdığı için Covid-19 pandemi dönemi gibi tüm dünyanın etkilendiği küresel bir problemde önemli bir rol oynamıştır (Thanh et al, 2021). Covid-19 gibi etkisi büyük olaylarda, ister ulusal isterse küresel çapta olsun siyasi, ekonomik ya da sağlıkla ilgili olaylarda önemli bir etkiye sahip olmaktadır.…”

Factors Influencing Tabayyun in Political Information among Gen Z: A Preliminary Study

“…Social media becomes the main source of retrieving health information during COVID-19 pandemic. According to research done by (Apuke & Omar, 2020;Thanh et al, 2021), they identify five factors that influence the spread of fake news about COVID 19 on social networks. There are altruism, entertainment, socialization, self-promotion, and instant news sharing.…”