Perceptions of accuracy in online news during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mashael Almoqbet; Jordan Vanzyl; Matthew Keaton; Manal Desai; Seejal Padhi; Seongjae Min; Donghee Yvette Wohn

doi:10.5210/fm.v28i3.12342

Perceptions of accuracy in online news during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mashael Almoqbet, Jordan Vanzyl, Matthew Keaton, Manal Desai, Seejal Padhi, Seongjae Min, Donghee Yvette Wohn

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In this research, we assessed how young adults determine the accuracy of news articles and sources through a seven-day diary study. We performed a qualitative analysis on the participants’ responses and found that the participants mainly used nine different strategies to evaluate the accuracy of COVID news. The majority of respondents relied on their inherent trust and the reputation of a given news outlet instead of actively determining if the information was accurate. Young adults also used their perception of the quality of the article, personal logical reasoning, cross referencing the information, availability of data, among others.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	First Monday
Volume	28
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v28i3.12342
State	Published - 2023

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Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Law

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