APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Language Use, Fake News and Physical and Psycho-Social Wellness: A Cognitive and Socio-Affective Approach to Mitigating the Effect of Misinformation Endorsement Among Denizens during the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon.
- Comfort Beyang Ojongnkpot
UNIVERSITY OF BUEA
Abstract
Linguistic cues of fake news writing style were identified in unreliable articles p < 0.05) indicated by a correlation value of 0.542**. Emotional response and perceived credibility depended on the style and content of texts.Fake news was perceived to engender physical and psychosocial effects in denizens during the Anglophone crisis.
Myths and Misinformation