FACTORS AFFECTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF FAKE NEWS ABOUT EMERGING DISEASES IN THAILAND

Patsara Sirikamonsin, Pimploi Tirastittam

ABSTRACT:

At the end of 2019, many countries in the world experience the situation of emerging diseases called COVID19, which was caused by the latest Corona virus. The outbreak occurs widely. The situation of emerging disease in Thailand makes people in the society panic. Fake news has been created a lot and spread quickly. The fake news content is often linked to people's interests. The spread of fake news on the internet. In addition to affecting the confusion in the information, it also makes the lives of people fall at the risk of believing, resulting in a wide impact on the economy, politics, society, and domestic management. In a difficult situation as well, This research has collected fake news about emerging diseases in social media and studying factors that affect fake news distribution in Thailand.

KEYWORDS: Fake News, Emerging Diseases, Spreading Fake News, Covid19

DOI: 10.62788/T9u2J4n6Xk

PUBLISHED IN: ICMIESS 2023 Conference Proceedings

DATE OF CONFERENCE: 1st - 2nd MAY 2023

CONFERENCE LOCATION: OKINAWA, JAPAN

PUBLISHER: EDUCATION STUDIO (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

ELECTRONIC ISBN: 978-616-7901-68-8

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