Content on Facebook : sensationalism and accuracy verification challenges

• Main Author: Yu, Valerie Jingwen
• Other Authors: Sin Sei Ching, Joanna
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Knowledge management
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/75948
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study explores user perceptions of sensationalism and the associated accuracy verification challenges on Facebook. With the increasing prevalence and rapid transmission of sensationalism on social media, it is important to understand how users perceive such news stories, and what can be done to...