Evaluating social media information : impact of academic background, purpose of use, and perceived importance of information quality

• Main Authors: Kim, Kyung-Sun, Sin, Joanna Sei-Ching
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Social Media; Information Quaility
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151592
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Issues with inaccurate information on social media have caused a rising concern. In addition to improving students' knowledge and skills in evaluating the quality of social media information, there is also a need to understand potential barriers such as students' lack of attention to infor...