A quasi experiment on how the field of librarianship can help in combating fake news

被引：13

作者：

Apuke, Oberiri Destiny ^{[1
]}

Gever, Celestine Verlumun ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Taraba State Univ, Fac Commun & Media Studies, Dept Journalism & Media Studies, PMB 1167, Jalingo, Nigeria

[2] Univ Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

来源：

JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP | 2023年 / 49卷 / 01期

关键词：

Combating fake news; Fake news; Intervention strategy; Social media literacy skills; Social media; MEDIA LITERACY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102616

中图分类号：

G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];

学科分类号：

1205 ; 120501 ;

摘要：

This study experimented how fake news could be combated through social media literacy skills training. A quasiexperiment in one public university's library was conducted and 470 participants were randomly split into equal parts to form a control and experiment group. The respondents in the experiment group were exposed to 8 weeks of training to improve their social media literacy skills to fight fake news. We realised that social media literacy skills training is effective in increasing social media knowledge, users' recognition of fake news, tendency to verify information and reduce the inclination to share false news. Implications for research and practice were discussed.

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