.../2020, when the first false information has been detected, up to 03/09/2021. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative analysis has been conducted with regard to the correlation between fake news stories and the pandemic state, the motive to share them, their dissemination in other countries...

... the dissemination of persuasive content (Feijoo and Sádaba, 2022). In this case, adolescents being in a stage of critical thinking development, and being active users in social networks, are at risk of believing fake news because of their feedback indicators (likes, shared and views) (Avram et al., 2020...