Manipulative mechanisms and reasons behind sharing fake news during Russo-Ukrainian War: A three-fold study
Journal: Connectist Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences
Year: 2023

In a crisis, an individual’s critical thinking is incapacitated, as the extreme circumstances put them in distress. Consequently, to overcome the panic and create an optimistic environment, any information that is apprehensible under these conditions becomes effortlessly shareable. The Russo-Ukrainian War of the 21st century has proved to be such a crisis and a trigger for disinformation. The study led to significant results concerning the characteristics of pseudopositive false information duri