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Almoqbel, Mashael1 moqbelm@rcjy.edu.sa, Vanzyl, Jordan2 jordan.vanzyl@gmail.com, Keaton, Matthew3 mk872@njit.edu, Desai, Manal4 mvd29@njit.edu, Padhi, Seejal4 sp48@njit.edu, Seong Jae Min5 smin@pace.edu, Wohn, Donghee Yvette6 wohn@njit.edu |
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First Monday. Mar2023, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p5-5. 1p. |
| Abstrakt: |
In this research, we assessed how young adults determine the accuracy of news articles and sources through a seven-day diary study. We performed a qualitative analysis on the participants' responses and found that the participants mainly used nine different strategies to evaluate the accuracy of COVID news. The majority of respondents relied on their inherent trust and the reputation of a given news outlet instead of actively determining if the information was accurate. Young adults also used their perception of the quality of the article, personal logical reasoning, cross referencing the information, availability of data, among others. We discuss the implications of the results and propose practical suggestions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts |
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