FAKE NEWS: POSSIBILITY OF IDENTIFICATION IN POST-TRUTH MEDIA ECOLOGY SYSTEM
FAKE NEWS: POSSIBILITY OF IDENTIFICATION IN POST-TRUTH MEDIA ECOLOGY SYSTEM
Author(s): Jan Kreft, Monika HapekSubject(s): Media studies, Theory of Communication, Higher Education , Marketing / Advertising, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: fake news; social media; information; trust;
Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the article is identification of the attitudes towards the processes of identification and verification of fake news in the environment of digital media. The subject of the research refers to the users’ attitudes towards fake news. As indicated by the research, the attitudes towards fake news are not unambiguous. About 2/3 of the respondents claim that they are not able to distinguish fake news from true information; only every twelfth respondent declares that they know tools for verification of information, although the research survey has been carried out among students of media management, journalism and marketing – students who deal with information in social media.
Journal: Zarządzanie Mediami
- Issue Year: 7/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 133-142
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English