Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media

Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media

This study found that while participants rated their own Facebook friend as more credible and more similar to them than a news organization, they rated news articles as more credible when they are shared on Facebook by a news organization than when they are shared by their own Facebook friend. Sourc...

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Main Author: Tandoc, Edson C.
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Social sciences::Journalism
Credibility
Facebook
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151073
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1510732021-07-29T11:59:37Z Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media Tandoc, Edson C. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Social sciences::Journalism Credibility Facebook This study found that while participants rated their own Facebook friend as more credible and more similar to them than a news organization, they rated news articles as more credible when they are shared on Facebook by a news organization than when they are shared by their own Facebook friend. Source, however, interacts with motivation. News articles shared by a news organization are rated more credible only when motivation is high. There were no significant differences between sources when motivation is low. 2021-07-29T11:59:37Z 2021-07-29T11:59:37Z 2019 Journal Article Tandoc, E. C. (2019). Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media. Journalism Practice, 13(2), 178-190. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2017.1423237 1751-2786 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151073 10.1080/17512786.2017.1423237 2-s2.0-85061226597 2 13 178 190 en Journalism Practice © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. All rights reserved.
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topic Social sciences::Journalism
Credibility
Facebook
spellingShingle Social sciences::Journalism
Credibility
Facebook
Tandoc, Edson C.
Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media
description This study found that while participants rated their own Facebook friend as more credible and more similar to them than a news organization, they rated news articles as more credible when they are shared on Facebook by a news organization than when they are shared by their own Facebook friend. Source, however, interacts with motivation. News articles shared by a news organization are rated more credible only when motivation is high. There were no significant differences between sources when motivation is low.
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title Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media
title_short Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media
title_full Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media
title_fullStr Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media
title_full_unstemmed Tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media
title_sort tell me who your sources are : perceptions of news credibility on social media
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