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Editorial
. 2023 Jul 20:14:1236748.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1236748. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: The psychology of fake news on social media, who falls for it, who shares it, why, and can we help users detect it?

David J Robertson  1 , Mark P Shephard  2 , Anthony Anderson  1 , Narisong Huhe  2 , David N Rapp  3   4 , Jens K Madsen  5
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Editorial: The psychology of fake news on social media, who falls for it, who shares it, why, and can we help users detect it?

David J Robertson et al. Front Psychol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: disinformation and bias; fake news; misinformation; news sharing; social media.

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