Impact of Social Media Misinformation on Public Trust in CPEC: A Study on Sargodha University Students

Abstract

The China-Pakistan financial hall CPEC is a very essential mission of China's Belt and avenue assignment (BRI), it goals to decorate connectivity and monetary cooperation between China and Pakistan. It became initiated in 2015, it includes infrastructure, power, and industrial projects. It has numerous key additives consist of highways, railways, and the improvement of Gwadar Port. CPEC ambitions to improve Pakistan's infrastructure, decorate electricity production, and create monetary possibilities whilst offering China with a shorter exchange course to the middle East and Africa. Although geopolitical and financial challenges, CPEC remains a very important of China and Pakistani relations, fostering regional trade and development. Throughout my research I measured several indicators such as social media usage, misinformation, public trust and the use of free digital services that influence public perception on CPEC. I collected 300 responses from students of university of Sargodha, Pakistan through closed ended questionnaire survey. Their responses played an important role to understand the real time scenario.