Estimating cost of fighting against fake news during catastrophic situations

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Hanseul Jo, Soyeong Park, Dong-cheol Shin, Jungwoo Shin, Changjun Lee

Published: 2022, Last Modified: 11 Oct 2025Telematics Informatics 2022EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•The fake news problem in the national disaster situations is a critical issue.•The quantitative effect of fake news from the audience’s perspective is still unknown.•We analyzed the willingness-to-payment for the public fact-checking systems.•A household’s willingness-to-payment is 10,652 KRW (9 USD), on average.•Individuals with psychological damage and high reliance on news answer higher payment.