“This is fake news”: Investigating the role of conformity to other users’ views when commenting on and spreading disinformation in social media
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Highlights：
• Fake news is an increasing problem online.
• Tests whether users conform to others' Facebook comments of fake news.
• Also tests whether others' comments were more important than ‘fake flags’.
• Others comments significantly affected attitudes and intentions to share.
• Social media companies should stimulate debunking by other users.
摘要
•Fake news is an increasing problem online.•Tests whether users conform to others' Facebook comments of fake news.•Also tests whether others' comments were more important than ‘fake flags’.•Others comments significantly affected attitudes and intentions to share.•Social media companies should stimulate debunking by other users.
论文关键词：Fake news,Online disinformation,Conformity,Self-concept,Disclaimers
论文评审过程：Received 4 December 2018, Revised 1 March 2019, Accepted 25 March 2019, Available online 28 March 2019, Version of Record 30 March 2019.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.03.032
