Abstract
Fake news, or in other words hoax news, states propaganda or false information distributed under the appearance of being reliable news. The objectives of this study are to identify how fake news affected our lives and what initiatives were taken to minimize the negative impacts of fake news. Moreover, we aim to inform the readers of the penalties set by the UAE government to prevent the spread of fake news on social media. For the issue of fake news in the age of social media, the theory that is used to address it, is Shannon Weaver Model. The methodology chosen is a combined methods (both quantitative and qualitative) approach. The website used to get the responses is: ‘’Survey Monkey’’ where people were asked questions about their understanding on the topic. Around 200 participants participated in our research. At the end of our research we could assess how people perceive fake news in the age of social media.
Highlights
Fake news states propaganda or false information distributed under the appearance of being reliable news
Some communities; for example, Twofour54, Abu Dhabi's creative hub, give a domain, where journalists, creative experts, and social media experts can cooperate, with an emphasis on quality-drove content, as mentioned by Mheiri, (2017).The questions that we address in our research are: 1. How fake news affects: a) Social status b) Entertainment news, c) Political News
29.17% of the respondents were between 15-20 years old; 54.17% were between 21-25 years old, 10.42% were between 26-30 years old, and only 6.25% were more than 30 years old. 3- What do you think fake news mostly affected?
Summary
Fake news states propaganda or false information distributed under the appearance of being reliable news. Fake news in the age of social media is a problem that needs to be addressed because they are deceiving social media users. An additional problem is that the distribution of fake news is increasing more and more every day and this issue needs to be solved. It is a serious issue nowadays, especially with the evolvement of social media and due to the increase of social media users. We aim to inform the readers of the penalties set by the UAE government to prevent the spread of fake news on social media. While numerous global news outlets offer free news applications every day, there is an expansion in the http://ijasos.ocerintjournals.org 383
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