Iranian Association of Cultural Studies & Communication Society Culture Media 2322-3855 14 57 2026 01 21 Qualitative review and presentation of behavior pattern of users in social networks in dealing with fake news Qualitative review and presentation of behavior pattern of users in social networks in dealing with fake news 57 104 237858 10.22034/scm.2025.461299.1771 FA Pari Karimi PhD Student in Communication Sciences, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran. 0009-0002-6298-4239 Shahnaz Hashemi Associate Professor, Institute for Education Studies, Tehran, Iran. Ali Jafari Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran 0000-0001-9204-8105 Mohammad Soltanifar Professor of the Department of Social Communication Sciences. Faculty of Humanities. Islamic Azad university. Research Science Unit of Tehran. Iran 0000-0003-1006-8298 Journal Article 2024 08 13 Social media platforms have increasingly become news sources. Due to the fact that people expose stories and narratives and various topics about people and media, including fake news, they are different from traditional media. In this research, in order to identify the components and design the behavioral model of users in social networks in dealing with fake news, the foundation's data theorizing was used, which after interviewing the experts, the six dimensions of the model including causal conditions, background conditions-inclusion conditions infrastructural and superstructure), intervening conditions, main phenomenon, strategies and consequences along with propositions corresponding to them were formulated.<br>Also, to check the validity of the research results and its reliability, the reliability test between the coders was used for the conducted interviews, and the value obtained is equal to 82%, and it states that the reliability of the codings is confirmed, and it can be claimed that the validity of the interview analysis The current one is suitable. Social media platforms have increasingly become news sources. Due to the fact that people expose stories and narratives and various topics about people and media, including fake news, they are different from traditional media. In this research, in order to identify the components and design the behavioral model of users in social networks in dealing with fake news, the foundation's data theorizing was used, which after interviewing the experts, the six dimensions of the model including causal conditions, background conditions-inclusion conditions infrastructural and superstructure), intervening conditions, main phenomenon, strategies and consequences along with propositions corresponding to them were formulated.<br>Also, to check the validity of the research results and its reliability, the reliability test between the coders was used for the conducted interviews, and the value obtained is equal to 82%, and it states that the reliability of the codings is confirmed, and it can be claimed that the validity of the interview analysis The current one is suitable. https://www.jscm.ir/article_237858_03404746bbefce71070ba1708ec82d96.pdf