Are frequent users of social network sites good information evaluators? An investigation of adolescents' sourcing abilities.

Autor/inn/en	Macedo-Rouet, Mônica; Salmerón, Ladislao; Ros, Christine; Pérez, Ana; Stadtler, Marc; Rouet, Jean-Francois
Titel	Are frequent users of social network sites good information evaluators? An investigation of adolescents' sourcing abilities. Paralleltitel: ¿Son los usuarios frecuentes de las redes sociales evaluadores competentes? Un estudio de las habilidades de los adolescentes para identificar, evaluar y hacer uso de las fuentes.
Quelle	In: Journal for the study of education and development, 43 (2020) 1, S. 101-138 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0210-3702; 1578-4126
DOI	10.1080/02103702.2019.1690849
Schlagwörter	Evaluation; Kritisches Denken; Adoleszenz; Medien; Medienkompetenz; Nutzerverhalten; Schüler; Wissenserwerb; Soziales Netzwerk; Qualität; Unterscheidungsvermögen; Informationsquelle
Abstract	This study investigates the relationship between teenagers' use of social networking sites (SNS) and their sourcing abilities. Sourcing is defined as students' ability (1) to discriminate reliable and unreliable links based on source characteristics, (2) to value source criteria as means to select information resources and (3) to select reliable texts based on source characteristics. One hundred and forty-six students (M age = 14.7 years old) completed three sourcing tasks, a questionnaire on SNS use, as well as language and memory skills tests. [The authors] found that SNS frequency of use negatively predicted both participants' ability to select the most reliable source among two conflicting sources on the same topic and their ability to cite source features when justifying their choice. SNS frequency of use was unrelated to students' assessment of source criteria, but vocabulary level was positively related to performance in this task. [The authors] discuss various explanations for the observed relationship between teenagers' SNS communication and their critical appraisal of information sources, and [they] propose avenues for instructional interventions aimed at fostering information skills. (Abstract übernommen).
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