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Research on the Causes and Governance Strategies of False News in the Social Media Era

Authors
Yuanjie Wang1, *
1HBU-UCLan School of Media, Communication and Creative Industries, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 3288660892@qq.com
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Yuanjie Wang
Available Online 28 March 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_91How to use a DOI?
Keywords
False news; fake news; social media; governance strategies
Abstract

The emergence of social media has provided a platform for the general public to express their opinions, but it has also lowered the threshold for news release, making false news a type of news that is difficult to completely eliminate in social media. False news not only undermines the credibility of the media and hits the news industry, but also misleads public opinion, disrupts social order, and causes serious harm to society. This article selects 100 pieces of news from “Top 10 False News of the Year” released in Journalist from 2013 to 2022 as research samples, and explores the trends in the initial media, topic types, and sources of false news. The emergence of false news lies in the trend of commercial interests, the lack of professional literacy of media personnel, and the inadequate regulatory mechanism. We suggest addressing the phenomenon of false news by introducing advanced algorithms, improving professional literacy, and strengthening laws and regulations.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Social Sciences and Educational Development (ICOSSED 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 March 2025
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978-2-38476-382-5
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_91How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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