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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">35472</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2023-28-2-381-396</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">IFFHCG</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>JOURNALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Журналистика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Exposure of fake news to the Indian social media users</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Воздействие фальшивых новостей на индийских пользователей социальных сетей</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3195-8807</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Pandey</surname><given-names>Bandana</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Пандей</surname><given-names>Бандана</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Professor, Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies, School of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор философии, профессор, кафедра массовых коммуникаций и медиаисследований, школа гуманитарных и социальных наук</p></bio><email>bandana@gbu.ac.in</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0159-4499</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Guarav</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кумар</surname><given-names>Гуарав</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctorate Scholar, Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies, School of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>докторант, кафедра массовых коммуникаций и медиаисследований, школа гуманитарных и социальных наук</p></bio><email>gk.sdsadar@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5335-8506</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Algavi</surname><given-names>Leila O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Алгави</surname><given-names>Лейла Омаровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of Journalism, Faculty of Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат филологических наук, доцент, доцент кафедры теории и истории журналистики, филологический факультет</p></bio><email>algavi-lo@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7115-112X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Manish</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кумар</surname><given-names>Маниш</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD student, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант, кафедра массовых коммуникаций, филологический факультет</p></bio><email>mannipandey66@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-2893</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sharma</surname><given-names>Vishal</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шарма</surname><given-names>Вишал</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD student, Department of Mass Communication, Philological Faculty</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант, кафедра массовых коммуникаций, филологический факультет</p></bio><email>vishalsharma1393@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Gautam Buddha University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Гаутама Будды</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">RUDN University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-07-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>07</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>28</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 28, NO2 (2023)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 28, №2 (2023)</issue-title><fpage>381</fpage><lpage>396</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-07-20"><day>20</day><month>07</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Pandey B., Kumar G., Algavi L.O., Kumar M., Sharma V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Пандей Б., Кумар Г., Алгави Л.О., Кумар М., Шарма В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Pandey B., Kumar G., Algavi L.O., Kumar M., Sharma V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Пандей Б., Кумар Г., Алгави Л.О., Кумар М., Шарма В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/35472">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/35472</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In the modern world, people are too techno-friendly and dependent on technology using the Internet for every work. The same goes for the news. People are shifting from traditional mass media to digital news platforms and getting news through websites, news portals, social media, etc. If you are dependent on the Internet for every kind of information, then you will face false information on the Internet. False or fake news is defined as any information that does not have any credible and reliable source behind it or any misleading information that is likely to mislead the public. The aim behind fake news transmission is to damage a person's or entity's reputation or advertising revenue. If you want not to fall into the fake news you should know about fake news detection and media literacy. The main purpose of the study is to check the exposure of fake news awareness and fake news detection methods among social media users. In the current scenario, this is much necessary to know that social media users have the advisable knowledge of fake news detection and media literacy because people easily fall into the rumors. Mob lynching is one of the biggest rumors on the Indian Internet. In this research, the survey method and questionnaire for data collection were used. The questionnaire was distributed randomly over different social media platforms and emails to the intended respondents. The findings obtained reveal that most fake or false news in India is transmitted through WhatsApp, but social media users have adequate knowledge of fake news and media literacy.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Рассматриваются актуальные проблемы распространения фейковых новостей среди индийских пользователей социальных сетей. В исследовании фейковые новости определяются как любая информация, не имеющая достоверного и надежного источника, или любые недостоверные сведения, способные ввести общественность в заблуждение. Подразумевается, что фейковые новости распространяются для нанесения ущерба репутации человеку или организации (компании, социальному институту), получения дохода от рекламы, увеличения популярности и т. д. Цель исследования - выявление степени осведомленности индийских пользователей социальных сетей о самом факте существования фейковых новостей, а также возможных методах их обнаружения и нейтрализации, определение наиболее популярных каналов распространения недостоверной информации. Для сбора данных использовался метод опроса и анкетирование. Анкета распространялась через различные социальные платформы и по электронной почте среди предполагаемых респондентов - пользователей соцсетей. Полученные результаты показали, что большинство фейковых новостей в Индии передается через WhatsApp, но пользователи социальных сетей обладают достаточными знаниями, чтобы обнаруживать и обезвреживать их.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>misinformation</kwd><kwd>media literacy</kwd><kwd>India</kwd><kwd>WhatsApp</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>дезинформация</kwd><kwd>медиаграмотность</kwd><kwd>Индия</kwd><kwd>WhatsApp</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Al-Zaman, M.S. (2021). COVID-19-related social media fake news in India. Journalism and Media, 2(1), 100-114. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia2010007</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Apuke, O.D., &amp; Omar, B. (2021). User motivation in fake news sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic: An application of the uses and gratification theory. 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