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People displaying high problematic (excessive and dependent) social media use are more likely to engage with and believe fake news

05.07.25 | PLOS

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Problematic social media use is associated with believing in and engaging with fake news
People displaying high problematic (excessive and dependent) social media use are more likely to engage with and believe fake news. Credit: ROBIN WORRALL, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

People displaying high problematic (excessive and dependent) social media use are more likely to engage with and believe fake news

Article URL : https://plos.io/3EFkKKP

Article title: Problematic social media use is associated with believing in and engaging with fake news

Author countries: U.S.

Funding: DM and MDM received funding for this research from the Michigan State University Trifecta Initiative for Interdisciplinary Health Research. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0321361

Problematic social media use is associated with believing in and engaging with fake news

7-May-2025

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Communications Mass Media Media Violence News Media Propaganda Social Media Social Research Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0321361
Article Publication Date
2025-05-07
Article Title
Problematic social media use is associated with believing in and engaging with fake news
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2025, May 7). People displaying high problematic (excessive and dependent) social media use are more likely to engage with and believe fake news. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2E49M1/people-displaying-high-problematic-excessive-and-dependent-social-media-use-are-more-likely-to-engage-with-and-believe-fake-news.html
MLA:
"People displaying high problematic (excessive and dependent) social media use are more likely to engage with and believe fake news." Brightsurf News, May. 7 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2E49M1/people-displaying-high-problematic-excessive-and-dependent-social-media-use-are-more-likely-to-engage-with-and-believe-fake-news.html.