2022
DOI: 10.15847/obsobs16320222082
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The relationship between the belief in fake news and the strategies to seek information from young Portuguese people

Abstract: The spread of fake news continues to have serious social and political consequences for society. Young people are the group most exposed to this reality, due to the way they are constantly connected to the digital universe. Our goal is to analyze the ability of high school students to evaluate fake news and news, relating it to their behavior on social media and their ability to search for information. We applied a questionnaire to 716 students (Mage = 16.63, SD = 1.18), in which they were exposed to 10 headli… Show more

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“…The term "fake news" has numerous definitions, including false information, statements that have no relationship to reality, information that is intentionally created to deceive or influence the public, and news that is created to gain clicks or ideological advantages [1]. Propaganda and conspiracy theories are two other common online sources of misinformation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The term "fake news" has numerous definitions, including false information, statements that have no relationship to reality, information that is intentionally created to deceive or influence the public, and news that is created to gain clicks or ideological advantages [1]. Propaganda and conspiracy theories are two other common online sources of misinformation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A constante conexão entre os jovens e o mundo digital, juntamente com o fácil acesso e a rápida disseminação de informações, leva ao consumo de notícias através das redes sociais (Shu et al, 2019), o que os torna um grupo muito exposto às notícias falsas (Baptista et al, 2022), caracterizadas por serem de baixa qualidade, erradas ou construídas propositadamente para enganar (Rahmanian, 2023).…”
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