ERIC Number: EJ1217506
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jun
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Youthquakes in a Post-Truth Era: Exploring Social Media News Use and Information Verification Actions among Global Teens and Young Adults
Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, v74 n2 p171-184 Jun 2019
Teaching information verification skills has become increasingly important in the current post-truth era. Through surveys and interviews with teenagers and young adults in the Middle East and United States, this study explores the changing patterns of social media use for news and actions they take to verify news stories online. Findings show younger students are moving toward more visual platforms, such as Instagram, and private messaging apps to get news. Information verification activities, however, are more frequently practiced by older people who use Facebook and Twitter. Implications for journalism and mass communication curricula are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Mass Media Use, Information Seeking, Media Literacy, Adolescents, Young Adults, Credibility, Age Groups, Journalism Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Afghanistan; Australia; Colombia; Egypt; Greece; India; Jordan; Somalia; Taiwan; United Kingdom; Zimbabwe
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