Impact Analysis and Correlation Study on the Spread of Fake News During Pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysia

Decision making; Fake detection; Forecasting; Control orders; Correlation analysis; Correlation studies; COVID-19; Fake news; Impact analysis; Malaysia; Movement control; Movement control order; Social media; Correlation methods

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Main Authors: Nordin A.Q., Jamil N., Zain Z.M., Ahmad Zawawi M.N.
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Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2023
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-264552023-05-29T17:10:44Z Impact Analysis and Correlation Study on the Spread of Fake News During Pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysia Nordin A.Q. Jamil N. Zain Z.M. Ahmad Zawawi M.N. 57361474600 36682671900 36900229100 56997510600 Decision making; Fake detection; Forecasting; Control orders; Correlation analysis; Correlation studies; COVID-19; Fake news; Impact analysis; Malaysia; Movement control; Movement control order; Social media; Correlation methods The issue of fake news spread on social media especially during the pandemic of COVID-19 has become a major threat to various sectors and agencies in Malaysia. It is observed that the new norm that requires Malaysian to work and stay at home during Movement Control Order (MCO) has contributed to the rapid spread of the fake news. In this research, we study the impact of the fake news during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia and how the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the country would affect the number of fake news being spread locally. We also conducted a correlation analysis between the number of fake news and the number of COVID-19 cases. Result shows a significant strong positive correlation between the two studied variables. Besides, we built a fake news prediction model using linear regression algorithm to predict the number of fake news based the number of COVID-19 cases. However, the model did not show a good performance. This paper is targeted to assist the government, especially Majlis Keselamatan Negara, during the formulation of action plan and decision making in the effort to hinder the spread of fake news, by implying the constructed formula to predict the number of fake news in a day based on the number of COVID-19 positive cases. � 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Final 2023-05-29T09:10:43Z 2023-05-29T09:10:43Z 2021 Conference Paper 10.1007/978-3-030-90235-3_43 2-s2.0-85120529125 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85120529125&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-90235-3_43&partnerID=40&md5=f33a03f751841b859698bbde60c10dc9 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26455 13051 LNCS 495 507 Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH Scopus
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description Decision making; Fake detection; Forecasting; Control orders; Correlation analysis; Correlation studies; COVID-19; Fake news; Impact analysis; Malaysia; Movement control; Movement control order; Social media; Correlation methods
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Nordin A.Q.
Jamil N.
Zain Z.M.
Ahmad Zawawi M.N.
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author Nordin A.Q.
Jamil N.
Zain Z.M.
Ahmad Zawawi M.N.
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Jamil N.
Zain Z.M.
Ahmad Zawawi M.N.
Impact Analysis and Correlation Study on the Spread of Fake News During Pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysia
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title Impact Analysis and Correlation Study on the Spread of Fake News During Pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysia
title_short Impact Analysis and Correlation Study on the Spread of Fake News During Pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysia
title_full Impact Analysis and Correlation Study on the Spread of Fake News During Pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysia
title_fullStr Impact Analysis and Correlation Study on the Spread of Fake News During Pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Impact Analysis and Correlation Study on the Spread of Fake News During Pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysia
title_sort impact analysis and correlation study on the spread of fake news during pandemic covid-19 in malaysia
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