Pilot study suggests online media literacy programming reduces belief in false news in Indonesia

Thomas, Pamela Bilo; Clark, Hogan-Taylor,; Yankoski, Michael; Weninger, Tim

doi:10.5210/fm.v27i1.11683

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“…The limitations of this study, with worldwide tweets, also served to test the challenges to communicative competence and autonomy of users. Media literacy including critical thinking and capacity to contrast information, distinguishing true and false, appears as a unique tool to vaccinate against misinformation (Thomas, et al, 2022).…”

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The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: Political exaggeration and communicative autonomy

Ferré-Pavia,

Abrego,

Ricardez

2023

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This study aims to assess the difficulty of maintaining the interpretative autonomy of communication professionals and citizens, in the face of information about the global pandemic. At the same time, this research analyzes critically the World Health Organization’s accusation of an ’infodemic’; was it confirmed or should it be regarded as political exaggeration? An analysis was made of 15,000 tweets around the world, with more than 1,000 RTs for each one, that circulated from 6 February to 18 March 2020. The results demonstrate that it is not so much possible to speak of infodemic but of a remarkable difficulty in interpreting information, together with a preponderant weight of opinion and emotionality. Academia is responsible for disseminating concepts; corporations, for filtering ethically their content; the political class, for not hiding behind the infodemic to lower the challenge of managing the pandemic.

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The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: Political exaggeration and communicative autonomy

Ferré-Pavia,

Abrego,

Ricardez

2023

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Misinformation in Open and Closed Online Platforms: Impacts and Countermeasures

Butler

Ecker

2023

Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications

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News Consumption and Sharing Behaviors of Undergraduate Students in Turkey in the Post-Truth Era

Şencan

Kurbanoğlu

2022

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Purpose: This study aims to investigate news consumption and sharing behaviors of university students in Turkey. Method: The research was carried out on the students who are studying at the undergraduate level at foundation and state universities in Turkey. Quota sampling was used in sample selection. Data were collected by applying an online survey between June and July 2020. SPSS software was used in the analysis of the data, and descriptive statistics and chi-square test were used in the presentation of the findings. Findings: Most of the participants did not receive any training on media, news and information literacy. 93% of the participants follow the news actively, and the most preferred news sources are Twitter, online news sites and newspapers, and television. Among all news sources, the least trusted source is social media. Approximately 70% of those educated in media, news or information literacy check the source or platform of the news. Half of the participants think that journalists reflect their own prejudices on the news. In addition, the rate of those who believe that the news media is impartial is only 5%. With the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 75% of the participants started to follow the news more frequently. Implications: Findings seem to be in line with global news consumption behaviors of university students and indicate a need for a well-planned training program which specifically addresses news verification methods and techniques. Originality: The original aspect of this study is that it focuses on young people studying at universities in Turkey and deals with their news consumption and sharing behaviors

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Pilot study suggests online media literacy programming reduces belief in false news in Indonesia

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: Political exaggeration and communicative autonomy

The COVID-19 infodemic in social media: Political exaggeration and communicative autonomy

Misinformation in Open and Closed Online Platforms: Impacts and Countermeasures

News Consumption and Sharing Behaviors of Undergraduate Students in Turkey in the Post-Truth Era

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