1Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Asutosh College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2Student, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author email id: priyanka.roy@asutoshcollege.in
Online Published on 04 May, 2023.
In the current digital media landscape, fake news has established a permanent footprint. The quick spread of false information about numerous Covid-19 concerns was something that the world was battling while simultaneously fighting a pandemic. In such a scenario the researchers have identified the fake news during the period from March 2020 to February 2021. A fact-checking website provided the information that was gathered and examined. The article consists of four parts. The literature part discusses how the media in India and across the globe have evolved. There was also a discussion of fake news from a historical standpoint. Data about Internet and social media use is included in the review of the literature. Then the methodology part describes how the data were identified and categorised. The data analysis and conclusion are included in the third and final sections. On the basis of 223 false news pieces, which were primarily shared on social media, data analysis is conducted. The goal of the conclusion is to emphasise the significance of an initiative to promote digital literacy in order to combat the fake news phenomenon.
Fake news, Covid-19, Internet, Social media, Digital literacy
