Social media fatigue and the circulation of fake news

We gathered information from 1550 respondents via an online survey, however we only used 1200 valid answers for analysis. The analysis was conducted using Smart PLS 3. We discovered that the main cause of social media tiredness is excessive usage of social media. System feature overload, social comparison, self-disclosure, and information overload are additional aspects linked to social media tiredness. Additionally, we discovered that distributing bogus news is directly impacted by social media weariness. Social media fatigue totally mediated the association between social comparison, self-disclosure, information overload, system feature overload, excessive social media use, and the spread of bogus news.

本研究所收集数据源于1550名受访者通过在线调查所提供的信息，然在分析阶段，仅选取了1200份有效回答进行深入探讨。分析过程采用Smart PLS 3软件进行。研究发现，社交媒体疲劳的主要成因在于对社交媒体的过度使用。系统功能冗余、社会比较、自我披露以及信息过载等因素亦与社交媒体疲劳密切相关。此外，我们进一步发现，虚假信息的传播亦受到社交媒体疲劳的直接影响。社交媒体疲劳在社交比较、自我披露、信息过载、系统功能冗余、过度社交媒体使用与虚假信息传播之间的关联中起到了完全中介的作用。