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The paper is on Fake news as a tool for political Propaganda in the 2019 General Electio... more Abstract The paper is on Fake news as a tool for political Propaganda in the 2019 General Election. The study was set the determine the influence of fake news as propaganda tool on voters choice of candidate and the effect on election outcome in general. The study relies on the Hypodermic Needle theory as the theoretical frame work to show how fake news from media influence public perception. The study use the survey research using qualitative analysis of data while data used are from secondary sources that is, journals and other publications both online and offline. The study then concludes politicians used fake news as tool for propaganda in the 2019 General election and that such news distorted the election process. The study then recommends that there should be a strict monitoring on the social media such as Twitter to ensure that politicians do not misuse it.
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The paper is on Fake news as a tool for political Propaganda in the 2019 General Electio... more Abstract The paper is on Fake news as a tool for political Propaganda in the 2019 General Election. The study was set the determine the influence of fake news as propaganda tool on voters choice of candidate and the effect on election outcome in general. The study relies on the Hypodermic Needle theory as the theoretical frame work to show how fake news from media influence public perception. The study use the survey research using qualitative analysis of data while data used are from secondary sources that is, journals and other publications both online and offline. The study then concludes politicians used fake news as tool for propaganda in the 2019 General election and that such news distorted the election process. The study then recommends that there should be a strict monitoring on the social media such as Twitter to ensure that politicians do not misuse it.
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The paper is on Fake news as a tool for political Propaganda in the 2019 General Election. The study was set the determine the influence of fake news as propaganda tool on voters choice of candidate and the effect on election outcome in general. The study relies on the Hypodermic Needle theory as the theoretical frame work to show how fake news from media influence public perception. The study use the survey research using qualitative analysis of data while data used are from secondary sources that is, journals and other publications both online and offline. The study then concludes politicians used fake news as tool for propaganda in the 2019 General election and that such news distorted the election process. The study then recommends that there should be a strict monitoring on the social media such as Twitter to ensure that politicians do not misuse it.
The paper is on Fake news as a tool for political Propaganda in the 2019 General Election. The study was set the determine the influence of fake news as propaganda tool on voters choice of candidate and the effect on election outcome in general. The study relies on the Hypodermic Needle theory as the theoretical frame work to show how fake news from media influence public perception. The study use the survey research using qualitative analysis of data while data used are from secondary sources that is, journals and other publications both online and offline. The study then concludes politicians used fake news as tool for propaganda in the 2019 General election and that such news distorted the election process. The study then recommends that there should be a strict monitoring on the social media such as Twitter to ensure that politicians do not misuse it.