Rumors in the New Media -An Analytical Study of the Two Pages: The Anti-Electronic Rumors Authority and Fake News DZ on Facebook-

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the reality of rumors in the new media, as it belongs to the descriptive studies that relied on the content analysis method, by conducting an analytical study of two Algerian Facebook pages that are active in the fight against rumors, namely the page of the Anti-Electronic Rumors Authority and the Fake News DZ page. The study was applied to 202 rumors during the period of a full year from 1^st April 2020 to 31^st March 2021, using the complete enumeration method. The study has reached a number of results, including that the most common rumors that were circulating in the new media were health rumors, and that the rumors were launched from multiple sources, topped by Facebook pages and accounts, and that incorrect news, information and manipulation of images were the most prominent methods of producing rumors.