Table 5.

Fake news sharing modelling outcomes.

Hypothesis	Relationships	β	t-value	p-value	Hypothesis
H1	AE → FNS	0.025	1.045	0.082	Not supported
H2	Entertainment → FNS	0.139	2.177	0.000*	Supported
H3	Ignorance → FNS	0.165	3.416	0.000*	Supported
H4	Altruism → FNS	0.333	5.516	0.000*	Supported
H5	FoMO → FNS	0.050	0.687	0.277	Not supported
H6	Pass Time → FNS	0.035	0.570	0.246	Not supported

AE: Availability/Effort; FNS: Fake news sharing; * - significant at p < 0.05.