Fake news and Social Media

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Document Outline

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Ellinika Hoaxes Facebook group
  • 2.1 Active users fight fake news
  • 2.2. Fake news in Greece
• 3. Theoretical Framework
  • 3.1. Uses and Gratifications Theory
  • 3.2 Social media and fake news
  • 3.3. Bubbles, bots, and algorithms
  • 3.4. Users, re-sharing behavior, and fake news
• 4. Literature Review
  • 4.1 Fake news: An overview
  • 4.2 The motivation behind fake news
  • 4.3. Examples of well-known fake news
• 5. Methodology: Online Survey
  • 5.1. Online Questionnaires
  • 5.2. Ethical Consideration
• 6. Empirical Study
  • 6.1. The findings
  • 6.2. Analysis of the findings
• 7. Conclusion-Discussion
• References:
• Appendix