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IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MISINFORMATION ON CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

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ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to examine the impact of social media in the fight against misinformation on coronavirus pandamic. The study was carried out in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. To achieve this 4 research questions were formulated.  The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of all users of social media and residence of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposively selected 250 respondents while 200 respondents were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using mean and standard deviation frequency tables. The result of the findings reveals that; the major social media platforms used to curb the spread of fake information of COVID-19 are face book and twitter; the different misinformation on COVID-19  spread in the internet include; Claims of nonexistence of Covid-19 and unrealistic claims of increased number of affected persons; and social media has not really contributed in the fight against fake information on covid-19 in Nigeria. And social media has been the major platform through which fake information on covid-19 has been spread are among others public perception of social media contribution in the fight against fake information on covid-19 in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that to regulate, curb and minimize, the Government should establish penalties for individuals and entities who participate in the spread of fake news. And the owners and developers of social media platforms should regulate the categories of information which can be published by individuals and Government entities.




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