Youthquakes in a Post-Truth Era: Exploring Social Media News Use and Information Verification Actions among Global Teens and Young Adults

Autor/in	Nee, Rebecca C.
Titel	Youthquakes in a Post-Truth Era: Exploring Social Media News Use and Information Verification Actions among Global Teens and Young Adults
Quelle	In: Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 74 (2019) 2, S.171-184 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nee, Rebecca C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1077-6958
DOI	10.1177/1077695818825215
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Media; Mass Media Use; Information Seeking; Media Literacy; Adolescents; Young Adults; Credibility; Age Groups; Journalism Education; United States; Afghanistan; Australia; Colombia; Egypt; Greece; India; Jordan; Somalia; Taiwan; United Kingdom; Zimbabwe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziale Medien; Mediennutzung; Informationserschließung; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Glaubwürdigkeit; Age grop; Altersgruppe; USA; Australien; Kolumbien; Ägypten; Griechenland; Indien; Großbritannien; Simbabwe
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01