An Exemplifying Study On Voting Behaviour, Fake News And Associated Laws

Abstract

The study is an attempt to investigate the voting behaviour exhibited by the respondents and identify the important elements that made them believe in fake news. Further, the study was made to get the opinion of the effectiveness of the law against the spread of fake news. The descriptive research design was used in this study. Using a standard random sample method, data was collected from 472 respondents. A systematic questionnaire was used to collect data for the investigation. From the analysis performed, it can be interpreted that, if the candidate is a Relative, if he/she is a Good Politician from past experience and if he/she is having an Inspirational Leadership quality then the respondent would vote. Also, it was found that respondents are driven away by the fake news at the time of the election. The important elements that made them believe in fake news were identified to be; if the fake news were the headline news in Every Media if the fake news has Circumstantial evidence and if spoken by a Learned person it will make the respondents believe in fake news. Furthermore, it was perceived that the Law against Spread of Fake News is ‘Less Effective’ in India.