A Future Vision for Strategies to Combat Disinformation on Social Media Platforms: A Comparative Study between the Elite in American Society and the Arab Society | ||||
| المجلة الدولية لبحوث الإعلام والاتصالات | ||||
| Volume 5, Issue 16, March 2025, Page 291-386 PDF (1.02 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: الدراسات والبحوث التجريبية. | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijmcr.2025.427588 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Lamiaa Shehata* | ||||
| Department of Media, Faculty of Literatures, Mansoura University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| the researcher formulated the study problem in the following question “What are the future plans and strategies to combat or confront disinformation on social media platforms, according to the vision of the elite in the American and Arab societies?”, so the study depends on Technological determinism theory, and the field study is applied to a sample of the elite in American and Arab societies, it is 200 persons. The study highlights widespread concerns about disinformation on social media platforms, with 83.6% of Arab respondents and 64.4% of Americans believing that such disinformation is widespread, especially on trending topics. Statistical analysis confirms statistically significant differences between the perceptions of the two communities (χ² = 11.413, p = 0.003), with a moderate correlation (C = 0.232). Officials (89.0), political figures (87.0), and businesspeople (86.0) are the most targeted, reflecting their influential roles in policymaking, public opinion, and economic activities. Social activists, civil society leaders, athletes, artists, and security leaders are also affected, but to varying degrees. This underscores the urgent need to develop strategies to combat misinformation, especially those targeting influential groups. The results of the Pearson correlation test indicate that there is a statistically significant negative relationship between the study sample’s reliance on social media sites to publish community issues and their trust in what these sites publish about these issues, as the correlation coefficient reached -0.417, which means that the more individuals rely on social media sites as a source of information about community issues, the lower their trust in the content of these sites. The results also showed that there is no statistically significant relationship between individuals’ reliance on these sites and their ability to distinguish between true and false news, as the correlation coefficient reached 0.129 and the significance was 0.068, which means that the use of these sites is not directly related to improving the ability to distinguish between reliable and unreliable news, which reflects the need to enhance users’ critical thinking skills and source verification. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Fake news; Misinformation; Anti-Disinformation; Online social networks; Social media platforms | ||||
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