Özet:

The lack of legal regulations and the difficulty of implementation, the support for the masses to be easily directed and provoked, are among the major disadvantages of social media. Users have been able to send information, photos, videos and stories about events that they first witness through their social media accounts. The rapid spread of false/fake information and content has gained a negative reputation in terms of social networks hosting false news. Undisciplinary development of news/information process can naturally cause different effects and complications. Therefore, the impact of fake news or information on the user and the assessment of decision-making processes is of great importance. The aim of this study is to explain the assessment of people who may be exposed to fake news, determine the decisions and processes of impact, attitudes and behaviors in dealing with fake news. This research is an illustrative field research used by the quantum research method. It is preferred as a data collection technique. Near to technology, more time spent on social media, high levels of education, use of media to university students, the process of encountering fake news, the process of believing/believing decision-making, the verification categories are applied. In the first place, this audience that prefers Instagram finds visual-qualitative content convincing, it is seen that the magazine, politics and economics issues and propaganda-specific fake news are more common.

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