ABSTRACT Social media platforms are increasingly used by non-traditional journalists in sub-Saharan Africa for production and distribution of information. The involvement of these peripheral actors—for whom there is in reality no requirement that they adhere to professional ethics and journalistic principles—in the production and circulation of information is not without raising concerns about fake news and the quality of the information published via Facebook and Twitter accounts. This article assesses the information shared on Facebook about the anglophone crisis in Cameroon by individuals who present themselves as citizen journalists. Theoretically, we draw from the gatekeeping theory and the concept of fake news. Empirically, we use a mixed multi-method approach with both quantitative and qualitative methods. The period of analysis includes four weeks, from 15 August to 15 September 2018. The results prove that a large number of Facebook news stories lack important elements of verifiability and reliability.

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喀麦隆“ Anglophone危机”中的Facebook和假新闻

摘要撒哈拉以南非洲地区的非传统记者越来越多地使用社交媒体平台来制作和分发信息。这些外围参与者（实际上并不需要他们遵守职业道德和新闻原则）参与信息的生产和流通，这并非不引起对假新闻以及通过Facebook和Twitter帐户。本文评估了在Facebook上分享的有关以喀麦隆公民身份出名的个人在喀麦隆发生的英语危机的信息。从理论上讲，我们借鉴了守门理论和虚假新闻的概念。根据经验，我们使用定量方法和定性方法的混合多方法方法。