SOCIAL MEDIA DEMOCRACY AND FAKE NEWS IN PAKISTAN AN ANALYSIS

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).10      10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).10      Published : Mar 2020
Authored by : HaseebUr Rehman , ShabirHussain , Durreshehwar

10 Pages : 84-93

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    CHICAGO : Rehman, Haseeb Ur, Shabir Hussain, and Durreshehwar. 2020. "Social Media, Democracy and Fake News in Pakistan: An Analysis." Global Political Review, V (I): 84-93 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).10
    HARVARD : REHMAN, H. U., HUSSAIN, S. & DURRESHEHWAR. 2020. Social Media, Democracy and Fake News in Pakistan: An Analysis. Global Political Review, V, 84-93.
    MHRA : Rehman, Haseeb Ur, Shabir Hussain, and Durreshehwar. 2020. "Social Media, Democracy and Fake News in Pakistan: An Analysis." Global Political Review, V: 84-93
    MLA : Rehman, Haseeb Ur, Shabir Hussain, and Durreshehwar. "Social Media, Democracy and Fake News in Pakistan: An Analysis." Global Political Review, V.I (2020): 84-93 Print.
    OXFORD : Rehman, Haseeb Ur, Hussain, Shabir, and Durreshehwar, (2020), "Social Media, Democracy and Fake News in Pakistan: An Analysis", Global Political Review, V (I), 84-93
    TURABIAN : Rehman, Haseeb Ur, Shabir Hussain, and Durreshehwar. "Social Media, Democracy and Fake News in Pakistan: An Analysis." Global Political Review V, no. I (2020): 84-93. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).10