Social Network Software (SNS) enabler for Fake News: Peace Education through Academic Libraries as Panacea.

Abstract

The paper introduced and dwelled on the application and implications of SNS especially relating to fake news. Fake news has been discovered to be spreading by individuals, while conventional and emerging media advocates use several SNS platforms. Fake news is misinformation about an individual, groups, institutions, religions, and tribes. Misinformation especially through SNS has wreaked immeasurable societal havoc. This study elucidated some of the importance and issues with SNS, its categories, users, impact, and role of libraries in peace education. The article finally made some suggestions and recommendations for peace from the suitable use of social SNS.