Fake news through social media platforms A field study in media legislation in the light of social responsibility

Document Type : Academic research papers

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1 Sociology Department, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science & Education, Ain Shams /university, Egypt

2 Mass Communication, Sociology, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science & Education, Ain Shams University

3 Professor and Head of the Department of Journalism Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University, Egypt

Abstract

The current study aims to identify the issue of the spread of fake news through social media platforms in the light of media legislation, and to spot the light on the aims of fake news and to know the percentage of awareness of journalists of legal principles and media codes of honor, the study also aimed to identify the role of the House of Representatives and the Supreme Council for Media Regulation in refuting false news and the strategies to confront it, so the problem of this study comes by monitoring the issue of the spread of fake news through social networking sites in light of the principles of social responsibility theory and by officials and media legislators and practitioners in Egypt, the researcher conducted a field study using in-depth interviews with a group of media legislators in the Media Committee of the Egyptian House of Representatives, and a group of members of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation, and deputies and editorial directors of newspapers (Al-Watan and Al-Ahram).
The results of the field study showed that social networking sites are a fertile field for the spread of false news due to the nature of those platforms and the speed and immediacy they provide for the users, and that the existing legislation is not suitable for the new platforms and social networking sites must be re-governed and controlled, and there should be a supervisory role meant to pursue unlicensed platforms and hold errors accountable,

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Buhūth
Volume 3, Issue 7 - Serial Number 7
Social sciences & Humanities
July 2023
Pages 120-144

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