Abstract
The shift from a mass media culture to a social media culture has allowed people to access information in more diverse ways. The emergence of social media has provided people with a fast and efficient platform to exchange information and has gradually become the main channel for people to share information and get news. However, the double-edged sword effect of social media has gradually become apparent, with a large number of fake news stories mixed in. This paper will examine six different types of fake news through a literature review approach: satire, parody, fabrication, manipulation, advertising and propaganda, and the motives of the purveyors. It also uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a background and selects social media such as Facebook and Twitter to discuss the role they play in combating fake news, misinformation, and disinformation. Facebook has taken the approach of partnering with professional agencies to provide accurate information about the epidemic on its social media platforms; Twitter has also reduced the amount of misinformation spread by adjusting its internal algorithmic pushing mechanism and hashtags.
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