Battle on Fake News: WhatsApp among the College Students in Chennai

R Srinivasan; TK Saravana Kumar; V Ilam Parithi

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R Srinivasan Asst. Prof, Dept. of Visual Communication, Chennai National College Chennai-54. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4418-7466
TK Saravana Kumar Asst. Prof & Head, Dept. of Visual Communication, Chennai National College Chennai-54.
V Ilam Parithi Asst. Prof. Centre for Film and Electronic Media Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-625021.

Keywords:

Fake News, WhatsApp, College Students

Abstract

WhatsApp has become a suitable victim for everything its wrong in India right now. Another move to stem the spread of fake news and misinformation through its instant messaging app, which marks “unusual” links sent on chats as “suspicious”. The Students are forward more text, photos, and videos than any other country. This study examined college students’ use of WhatsApp for spearing fake news among their circles. The study was conducted from various college Students in and around Chennai are St. Peter’s College of Engineering and Technology, DG Vaishnav College and St. Thomas College of Arts and Science. Survey method is adopted in order to analyse the usages of WhatsApp for battle on fake news among the College students in Chennai. The purpose study to know the impact of fake news changing the learning style, aggressive nature, conflict, reliability, breaking relationships, Socioeconomic status, etc.

How to cite this article: Srinivasan R, Kumar TKS, IlamParithi V. Battle on Fake News: WhatsApp Among the College Students in Chennai. J Adv Res Jour Mass Comm 2018; 5(4): 66-70.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2395.3810.201821

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