Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework

Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework

Through an analysis of relevant literature and open-ended survey responses from 2501 Singaporeans, this article proposes a conceptual framework to understand how individuals authenticate the information they encounter on social media. In broad strokes, we find that individuals rely on both their own...

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Main Authors: Tandoc, Edson C., Ling, Richard, Westlund, Oscar, Duffy, Andrew, Goh, Debbie, Zheng Wei, Lim
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Authentication
Credibility
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86672
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45170
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-866722020-03-07T12:15:50Z Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework Tandoc, Edson C. Ling, Richard Westlund, Oscar Duffy, Andrew Goh, Debbie Zheng Wei, Lim Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Authentication Credibility Through an analysis of relevant literature and open-ended survey responses from 2501 Singaporeans, this article proposes a conceptual framework to understand how individuals authenticate the information they encounter on social media. In broad strokes, we find that individuals rely on both their own judgment of the source and the message, and when this does not adequately provide a definitive answer, they turn to external resources to authenticate news items. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) 2018-07-23T05:33:52Z 2019-12-06T16:27:01Z 2018-07-23T05:33:52Z 2019-12-06T16:27:01Z 2017 Journal Article Tandoc, E. C., Ling, R., Westlund, O., Duffy, A., Goh, D., & Zheng Wei, L. (2017). Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework. New Media & Society, in press. 1461-4448 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86672 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45170 10.1177/1461444817731756 en New Media & Society © 2017 The Author(s) (published by SAGE Publications). This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by New Media & Society, [Publisher]. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444817731756].
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
collection DR-NTU
language English
topic Authentication
Credibility
spellingShingle Authentication
Credibility
Tandoc, Edson C.
Ling, Richard
Westlund, Oscar
Duffy, Andrew
Goh, Debbie
Zheng Wei, Lim
Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework
description Through an analysis of relevant literature and open-ended survey responses from 2501 Singaporeans, this article proposes a conceptual framework to understand how individuals authenticate the information they encounter on social media. In broad strokes, we find that individuals rely on both their own judgment of the source and the message, and when this does not adequately provide a definitive answer, they turn to external resources to authenticate news items.
author2 Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
author_facet Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Tandoc, Edson C.
Ling, Richard
Westlund, Oscar
Duffy, Andrew
Goh, Debbie
Zheng Wei, Lim
format Article
author Tandoc, Edson C.
Ling, Richard
Westlund, Oscar
Duffy, Andrew
Goh, Debbie
Zheng Wei, Lim
author_sort Tandoc, Edson C.
title Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework
title_short Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework
title_full Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework
title_fullStr Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework
title_full_unstemmed Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework
title_sort audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: a conceptual framework
publishDate 2018
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86672
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45170
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