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Survey Indicated 80% of FCT Respondents did not Verify Claims by Politicians on Social Media
Introduction The Information Disorder Analysis Centre (IDAC) is an initiative of Dubawa, targeted specifically at unravelling the complexities and methodologies…
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Frequency of Visits on Social Media Decreases with Increase in Age in the Federal Capital Territory: A Survey Revealed
Social media has become part of our daily life experience especially for the younger people to the point that “the…
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Dearth of Fact-Checking Skills in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions: Way Forward?
Introduction Fake news, disinformation, misinformation and malinformation have become of serious concern in the Nigeria media space. Also caught in…
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Fact-Checking as a Solution to Political Disinformation in Nigeria
Introduction Information management is key to democracy. It is a major tool of governance in all societies. It is “the…
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Public Perception of Covid-19 Infodemic and Responses to Strategies at Combating Digital Disinformation: An Empirical Review
The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it, its own issues of what is widely regarded as “infodemic”. According to the World…
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Institutional-Behavioural Contradictions: the bane of Information Disorder in the Nigerian Public Sector
The terms of reference of most Nigerian public sector institutions often run counter to the operational field behaviours of their…
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Public Perception of Covid-19 Infodemic and Responses to Strategies at Combating Digital Disinformation: An Empirical Review
The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it, its own issues of what is widely regarded as “infodemic”. According to the World…
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Effects of Covid-19 Misinformation on Prevention and Control of Covid-19 in The Gambia
Though the year 2020, due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, is called “super year” for environmental and ecological sustainability [1],…
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Threshold of Misinformation Awareness Among Ghanaian and Nigerian Security Personnel Amid Rising Threats To National Security
Studies have corroborated how spreading misinformation in secular and multi-ethnic countries can fuel or even trigger violent confrontations, especially reprisal…
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Existing Legislative Frameworks to Regulate Social Media in Ghana And Nigeria: Implications on Stemming Misinformation
The coming of social media technologies increased skills among people on how to use social networking sites, just as mass…
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