Fake news and manipulation on social networks

The bachelor thesis focuses on the topic of fake news and manipulation on social networks. The aim of this thesis is to conduct original research focused on the ability to identify fake news on social networks among young people from Prague and compare it with the results of research on the ability to identify fake news among young people from Moscow by authors Zuykina and Sokolova, which was published in the journal of Tomsk State University. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the concepts of information, disinformation, fake news and social networks, presents the results of research conducted by the authors of the Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov. To achieve the set goal, the following methods are used in the methodology: research, questionnaire survey, and comparison. The practical part consists of the set goal and hypotheses. The empirical research was conducted in the form of a questionnaire survey. The collected data were further evaluated and used in the development of the already set goal.