Social media fatigue and the circulation of fake news
Description
We gathered information from 1550 respondents via an online survey, however we only used 1200 valid answers for analysis. The analysis was conducted using Smart PLS 3. We discovered that the main cause of social media tiredness is excessive usage of social media. System feature overload, social comparison, self-disclosure, and information overload are additional aspects linked to social media tiredness. Additionally, we discovered that distributing bogus news is directly impacted by social media weariness. Social media fatigue totally mediated the association between social comparison, self-disclosure, information overload, system feature overload, excessive social media use, and the spread of bogus news.
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Data was gathered via online poll.