Analysis of 3Vs of Big Data from Fake News and Nigerians’ Consciousness towards National Unity in Times of Uncertainties

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mutiu Iyanda Lasisi ◽  
Umar Olansile Ajetunmobi ◽  
Muhammed Jamiu Mustapha
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Data Logging ◽  
National Unity ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
National Values ◽  
The Media ◽  
National Orientation ◽  
Political Security ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Fake news seems to be the monster of the century affecting continents of the world. From Africa to Asia, America to the Himalayas, the impact of fake news on national unity and regional cohesion remains debatable among scholars and experts. Like other countries on the African continent, Nigeria has tasted and is still having share of the consequences of fake news, especially politically-driven ones, which has been researched by scholars in the media and emerging technologies spaces. This study joins the conversation within the journalism and fake news discourse using big data that emerged from selected political, security, health and religious fake news reported by selected Nigerian newspapers. Adopting Computational and Quantitative Content Analyses with the specific use of Data Logging Approach for data collection, the study investigates the extent to which the Nigerian public consume and spread the select news at the expense of promoting national unity and regional cohesion expected of citizens, as established in the Nigerian constitution and existing rules guiding public communication in the country. The emerging results point towards the need for the establishment of Media Literacy Commission to complement the efforts of ministries saddled with the responsibility of re-orientating journalists, media establishments and citizens on national consciousness and unity. The outcomes of the study also indicate the need for overhauling of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) towards balanced and connected promotion of national values and norms.

scholarly journals Exploring the Healthy Behaviors of Nigerians during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifeanyichukwu Meek Eyisi
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Behavior Modification ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
The Media ◽  
Nigerian Population ◽  
Age Range ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

ABSTRACTHealthy behaviors remain important for staying safe during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study, therefore, explored the healthy behaviors of Nigerians during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of COVID-19 related news on healthy behaviors. Thirty-three (17 females and 16 males) participants from the general Nigerian population with age range of 23-64 years were recruited via social media using the snowball technique. Responses were elicited using semi-structured questions and subjected to thematic analysis. The healthy behaviors identified included; “social distancing”, “changes in nutrition”, “hand washing or sanitizing”, “exercise”, “increased vigilance from those with comorbidities”, and “use of facemask”. In another analysis, the impacts of COVID-19 related news on healthy behaviors were; “behavior modification”, “anxious impacts”, and “fake news about COVID-19 caused people to stop listening to COVID-19 related news”. Findings generated practical implications for enhancing healthy behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The role of the media in strengthening healthy behaviors during the pandemic was also highlighted.

scholarly journals Dampak Hoax di Media Sosial Facebook Terhadap Pemilih Pemula

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Aminah Aminah ◽  
Novita Sari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Legislative Elections ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Media ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Descriptive Method

Facebook social media is one of the media that is very influential in people's lives today. Using Facebook, the dissemination of information can be quickly conveyed to the public, especially to Facebook users. This raises concern from users in filtering information to avoid fake news. This research aims to explain to the impact of fake news on Facebook on beginner voters who have a right to vote in presidential and legislative elections in Panga District, Aceh Jaya. This study used a qualitative descriptive method. The data were collected by interviewing nine informants. The results of the study showed that Facebook is often used by beginner voters to obtain information related to electoral affairs. The number of fake news circulated throughout Facebook has effects on the beginner voters. They found it difficult to distinguish between fake and real news, were easily provoked, were easy to hate, and change their support.

Poisoning the information well?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edson C. Tandoc Jr. ◽  
Andrew Duffy ◽  
S Mo Jones-Jang ◽  
Winnie Goh Wen Pin
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Media Study ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Credibility ◽  
News Credibility ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Trust Information

Abstract This study examines the impact of fake news discourse on perceptions of news media credibility. If participants are told they have been exposed to fake news, does this lead them to trust information institutions less, including the news media? Study 1 (n = 188) found that news media credibility decreased when participants were told they saw fake news, while news credibility did not change when participants were told they saw real news. Study 2 (n = 400) found that those who saw fake news – and were told they saw a fake news post – decreased their trust in the news media while those who saw fake news and were not debriefed did not change their perceptions of the news media. This shows that the social impact of fake news is not limited to its direct consequences of misinforming individuals, but also includes the potentially adverse effects of discussing fake news.

scholarly journals The role of journalism in combating fake news: the case of the last day of the 2019 election campaign in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Lima Quintanilha ◽  
Gustavo Cardoso ◽  
Vania Baldi ◽  
Miguel Paisana
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Fake News ◽  
The Media ◽  
Election Results ◽  
Zero Effect ◽  
The Impact

This article reflects on the role of journalism in the deconstruction of fake news propaganda that came out in the media on the last day of the 2019 parliamentary election campaign in Portugal. We collected news items carried by the Portuguese media and contextualised this media coverage with regard to the impact of disinformation on confidence in the news with the help of data collated as part of the Digital News Report project. We found that journalistic scrutiny, aided by the characteristics of the Portuguese media system, might have contributed to a zero effect of this fake news on the election results, unlike what happened in elections in other countries, such as the United States, United Kingdom and Brazil.

scholarly journals Analysis of COVID-19 Name Varieties in Chinese Mass and Social Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9850
Author(s):  
Hongjie Dong ◽  
Minli Zhou ◽  
Dewei Che ◽  
Huiying Zhang ◽  
Adams Bodomo
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Severe Pneumonia ◽  
Big Data Analysis ◽  
Time Profile ◽  
Epidemic Disease ◽  
Related Disease ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sudden Appearance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Distribution Frequency

The sudden appearance of a new epidemic disease in China created the need for names identifying that disease. Between December 2019 and January 2020, a variety of severe pneumonia-related disease names suddenly appeared, and more name varieties kept coming up afterwards. To better understand the introduction and spread of these names, 16 different COVID-19-related name varieties were selected covering the period from the end of December 2019, when the epidemic started, to mid-March 2020, a moment at which the term competition had stabilized. By way of big data analysis, the initiation and distribution of the 16 names across the media landscape was traced with regard to the impact of different media platforms, while the distribution frequency of each of the selected terms was mapped, resulting in a distinction of three groups of disease names, each with a different media and time profile. The results were discussed based on the hypotheses of disease confusion by name variety and management failures in absence of clear language governance at the national and global levels. The analysis of the data led to a refutation of both hypotheses. Based on this discussion, the study offers empirically based suggestions for the WHO in their naming practices and further research.

scholarly journals Pass the Source—Journalism’s Confidentiality Bane in the Face of Legislative Onslaughts

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-218
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Australian Study ◽  
Alternative Facts ◽  
Apparent Source ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Confidential Sources

‘Journalism under siege’ proclaimed the cover of The Walkley Magazine, an Australian publication dedicated to promoting journalism excellence in its March 2017 issue. This headline reflects the severe disruption journalism is experiencing globally. Facts used to be facts and news was news but now we have ‘alternative facts’ and ‘fake news’ (Media Watch, 2017). Against this backdrop, a persistent dilemma for journalism has been the impact of the law on journalists relying on confidential sources who play a critical part in providing access to information. The journalism profession’s apparent source protection gains have been undermined by legislative and other assaults, and it has had a chilling effect on journalists’ contacts with confidential sources. The Australian journalists’ union, the Media Alliance, has warned that ‘it is only a matter of time’ before a journalist is convicted for refusing to disclose a confidential source (Murphy, 2017, p. 3). This article builds on earlier work examining how Australian journalists are coping in their dealings with confidential sources. This article (a) reports on the findings from an Australian study into journalists’ confidential sources and (b) identifies lessons and reform potentials arising from these findings.

The Interplay Between Social Movements and Media: From Creative Ways to Grab Media Attention to Spreading Fake News

Transilvania ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Raluca Mureșan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Transmission Of Information ◽  
Massive Change ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

Throughout this study we have attempted to identify how the media approached the protests from the period 2017-2019, protests which showed a massive change for the better concerning Romanian civic engagement and shaped a culture of protest characterized by a highly creative and humorful approach. In order to attract the attention of mass-media and to maximize the impact of their actions, protesters made use of modern communication tools and resorted to intricate choreographies and symbols. Social media played an important role in the organization and promotion of the protests, facilitating the transmission of information and acting like a catalyst of the popular discontent.

scholarly journals MISINFORMATION AS A METHOD OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION (BASED ON MODERN FOREIGN RESEARCH)

2020 ◽  
pp. 183-192
Author(s):  
Azamat Ibrakhimov ◽  
Zuhra Ibrakhimova
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Wide Audience ◽  
The Media ◽  
Psychological Influence ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact

This article is based on up-to-date foreign research on the use of misinformation as a tool of psychological influence, which has become the most pressing issue at the moment. In practice, the information provided by the mass media has become a means of influencing its content. Extremely fast-paced images of life, a lack of time to study the events reported by the media, and sometimes a lack of personal skills to analyze these reports have led to a wide audience accepting the material in the same way as media outlets. The article attempts to theoretically comprehend the phenomenon of creating and disseminating “fake news” in the modern media space as well as their impact on the cognitive process. The content of the concept of “fake” in the broad sense of the word is revealed as well as the psychological characteristics of its influence on the human mind. If we consider psychologically the concept of “fake news”, then it is defned as “a message stylistically created as real news, but false in whole or in part to manipulate people.” The author’s classifcation of “fake news” is presented, which is based on classifcation criteria such as the ratio of reliable and false information; the reliability of the circumstances of the time and place of the event; the composition of the persons referred to in the “news”; psychological goals of creating and disseminating “news”; the level of perception of the reliability of the “news”, as well as the state and change in cognitive processes during the perception of misinformation (fake news). Varieties of “fake news” are illustrated by specifc examples from the media and Internet resources. Psychological information on measures taken to neutralize the impact of “fake news” is presented. The results and conclusions will be used by students, psychologists, and sociologists, as well as members of the media. The rapid development of the Internet and social networks provides ample opportunity for the spread of fake messages on a global scale, which in turn increases the relevance of research in the feld of information security.

scholarly journals The Mythologeme “Coronavirus” in the Modern Mass Media News in Europe and Asia

2021 ◽  
pp. 558-567
Author(s):  
Irina S. Karabulatova ◽  
Margarita D. Lagutkina ◽  
Stefania Amiridou
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Reports ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
The Media ◽  
Modern Mass ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Good And Evil

The article analyzes the impact of nominations in the media discourse on the coronavirus on the public consciousness of Europe and Asia. The authors consider the historical, sociological, and psycholinguistic aspects of the use of names in texts about the coronavirus, identify the features of the impact of such texts on the reader and determine the target orientation of such texts. Hypothesis: names in news reports about coronavirus in modern news discourse in conditions of quarantine and self-isolation act as triggers that unite different strata of society, creating a hologram of a single mental space, actualizing archetypal images of the confrontation between Good and Evil. Particular attention is paid to the connection between ethno-confessional myths and ideas about the coronavirus in the public consciousness, their involvement in information wars. The methodology for the analysis of names is standard; it includes sociolinguistic, structural, and semantic analysis, evaluative, motivational, target analysis, etc. The study helps to understand linguistic universals in the transmission of psycho-emotional moods in a stressful situation in a pandemic. The article will be of interest to specialists in the field of linguistics, sociology, political science, psychology

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