A Hybrid Attention Framework for Fake News Detection with Large Language Models

Abstract

With the rapid growth of online information, the spread of fake news has become a serious social challenge. In this study, we propose a novel detection framework based on Large Language Models (LLMs) to identify and classify fake news by integrating textual statistical features and deep semantic features. Our approach utilizes the contextual understanding capability of the large language model for text analysis and introduces a hybrid attention mechanism to focus on feature combinations that are particularly important for fake news identification. Extensive experiments on the WELFake news dataset show that our model significantly outperforms existing methods, with a 1.5\% improvement in F1 score. In addition, we assess the interpretability of the model through attention heat maps and SHAP values, providing actionable insights for content review strategies. Our framework provides a scalable and efficient solution to deal with the spread of fake news and helps build a more reliable online information ecosystem.