Exploring the Societal Impacts of Fake News: A Text Analysis Perspective

Saha, Sangeeta, Biswas, Nirupam and Paul, Moumita Exploring the Societal Impacts of Fake News: A Text Analysis Perspective., 2024 . In Role of Library Associations in Library Movement in the Country, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 20-22 December, 2024. [Conference paper]

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This paper explores the research trends on societal impact of fake news. A total of 224 bibliographic records were collected from Scopus. Text analysis of abstracts using the Voyant tool was applied to identify major research areas, thematic clusters, and the context of the social impact of fake news. The findings reveal that social media plays a crucial role in spreading fake news, with impacts related to psychological and cognitive issues, public trust, misinformation amplification, and technological vulnerabilities. Major strategies found to combat fake news include rumor management, digital literacy, fake news awareness campaigns, and fact-checking. The study also suggests evaluating the effectiveness of these strategies.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Misinformation research; Text mining; Keywords in Context analysis; t-SNE visualization; Social media use
Subjects: C. Users, literacy and reading. > CE. Literacy.
Depositing user: Paul Moumita
Date deposited: 18 Feb 2025 11:34
Last modified: 18 Feb 2025 11:34
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/46406

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