Fake news and disinformation through social media has been a pressing issue in many countries across the world today. In India as well, this concern was reflected in good measure with a majority of the respondents stating they were worried about fake news being a problem due to various reasons. About 51 percent of the survey respondents agreed that they are concerned when facts were spun or twisted to push a particular agenda through fake news media. On the other hand, 32 percent of the respondents seemed to think satire was a concern in terms of fake news.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, & University of Oxford. (March 24, 2019). Concerns over fake news across India in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026835/india-fake-news-concern/
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. (2019). Concerns over fake news across India in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026835/india-fake-news-concern/
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