Examining the widespread dissemination of fake news on Facebook: political instability and health panic

• Autores: Quezada Castro, María del Pilar, Quezada Castro, Guillermo Alexander, Barturen Mondragón, Eliana Maritza, Castro Arellano, María del Pilar, Gallo Aguila, Carlos Ignacio
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú
• Repositorio: UTP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.utp.edu.pe:20.500.12867/7945
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12867/7945
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Fake news; Social network; Political stability; Panic; Bibliometrics; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.02.00

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.