Using fake news as means of cyber-bullying: The link with compulsive internet use and online moral disengagement

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Highlights：

• We explored compulsive Internet use (CIU), moral disengagement (MD), and cyberbullying (CYB).

• We found cyberbullying through fake news in both teenagers and adults.

• Teenagers scored significantly higher than adults on MD, CIU, and CYB.

• We found an indirect effect of CIU on CYB via MD in teenagers, but not in adults.

摘要

•We explored compulsive Internet use (CIU), moral disengagement (MD), and cyberbullying (CYB).•We found cyberbullying through fake news in both teenagers and adults.•Teenagers scored significantly higher than adults on MD, CIU, and CYB.•We found an indirect effect of CIU on CYB via MD in teenagers, but not in adults.

论文关键词：Fake news,Online moral disengagement,Cyberbullying,Compulsive internet use

论文评审过程：Received 5 December 2020, Revised 6 September 2021, Accepted 25 September 2021, Available online 27 September 2021, Version of Record 7 October 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107032