Naslov
Who knows what fake news look like?

Autori
Grgeč, Antonija ; Kraljev, Lucija ; Cupar, Drahomira

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, stručni

Knjiga
BOBCATSSS 2020: Information management fake news and disinformation: Proceedings book

Urednik/ci
Boustany, Joumana ; Todorova, Tania

Izdavač
Information Literacy Association (InLitAs)

Grad
Pariz

Godina
2020

Raspon stranica
256-262

ISBN
978-2-9561952-2-1

Ključne riječi
fake news ; news evaluation ; student’s perception ; university students

Sažetak
There are numerous news outlets and news portals as well as countless information sources in the online environment today. In that kind of environment, it is hard to detect disinformation and misinformation. There are numerous programs and systems available today that can automatically detect fake news (e.g., Snopes, Hoaxy, Politifact, etc.), but the most important part of detecting fake news is information and media literacy of the audience that enables them to evaluate presented information and recognize false news. The aim of this research is to examine the way students of information sciences evaluate news and information conveyed through news articles. The main purpose is to determine their level of understanding of fake news and to assess their ability to identify them. The paper answers the following research questions: are students familiar with the term ‘fake news’ ; what is the student’s perception of their ability of recognition of fake news? ; to what extent are they actually able to recognize fake news and how do they evaluate news? This research was conducted on the sample of 38 students of information sciences. Research has shown that students use different ways to evaluate daily news articles and are mostly successful in recognizing fake news.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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