Examining the Widespread Dissemination of Fake News on Facebook: Political Instability and Health Panic

Eliana Maritza Barturen Mondragón; María Del Pilar Quezada Castro; María del Pilar Castro Arellano; Carlos Ignacio Gallo Aguila; Guillermo Alexander Quezada Castro

doi:10.58346/JISIS.2023.I3.001

Examining the Widespread Dissemination of Fake News on Facebook: Political Instability and Health Panic

Eliana Maritza Barturen Mondragón
, María Del Pilar Quezada Castro
, María del Pilar Castro Arellano
, Carlos Ignacio Gallo Aguila
, Guillermo Alexander Quezada Castro

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The spread of fake news on Facebook is a reality. This behavior is aimed at affecting reputation and generating distrust towards a certain person or on a specific topic. A bibliometric study of the scientific production in Scopus on Fake News on Facebook in the period 2013-2023 was carried out. The results showed that fake news is promoted in political issues to generate instability and in health issues to generate confusion and panic in the population. It was concluded that citizens must develop critical thinking to question the validity of news sources. Similarly, anonymity and misinformation are a natural part of society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Internet Services and Information Security
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.58346/JISIS.2023.I3.001
State	Published - 1 Aug 2023

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Examining the Widespread Dissemination of Fake News on Facebook: Political Instability and Health Panic. / Mondragón, Eliana Maritza Barturen; Castro, María Del Pilar Quezada; Arellano, María del Pilar Castro et al.
In: Journal of Internet Services and Information Security, Vol. 13, No. 3, 01.08.2023, p. 1-15.

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