Distrust by default: analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on TikTok
ABSTRACTSocial networks have become a recurrent source of health information, but they also represent a space for the dissemination of erroneous or false information, which becomes more worrying when dealing with underage audiences. The aim of this study was to find out what resources and capabiliti...
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| author | Beatriz Feijoo Charo Sádaba Luisa Zozaya |
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| description | ABSTRACTSocial networks have become a recurrent source of health information, but they also represent a space for the dissemination of erroneous or false information, which becomes more worrying when dealing with underage audiences. The aim of this study was to find out what resources and capabilities adolescents have to deal with the erroneous health content they receive through TikTok. To provide a comprehensive perspective, one of the parents of each sampled child was also interviewed with the aim of discovering their assessment of how their children dealt with this content. 40 interviews were carried out, and among the main findings, a common practice of distrust by default of the contents consumed on the Internet stood out, both in adults and in minors. While the latter always sought in the content an occasion to entertain themselves, parents doubted that their children were capable of recognizing erroneous information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e89833bcc8674bf6b9945c3e362c9ced2023-12-18T12:05:49ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth0267-38432164-45272023-12-0128110.1080/02673843.2023.2244595Distrust by default: analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on TikTokBeatriz Feijoo0Charo Sádaba1Luisa Zozaya2Facultad de Empresa Y Comunicación, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Logroño, SpainFacultad de Comunicación, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, SpainFacultad de Empresa Y Comunicación, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Logroño, SpainABSTRACTSocial networks have become a recurrent source of health information, but they also represent a space for the dissemination of erroneous or false information, which becomes more worrying when dealing with underage audiences. The aim of this study was to find out what resources and capabilities adolescents have to deal with the erroneous health content they receive through TikTok. To provide a comprehensive perspective, one of the parents of each sampled child was also interviewed with the aim of discovering their assessment of how their children dealt with this content. 40 interviews were carried out, and among the main findings, a common practice of distrust by default of the contents consumed on the Internet stood out, both in adults and in minors. While the latter always sought in the content an occasion to entertain themselves, parents doubted that their children were capable of recognizing erroneous information.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2023.2244595misinformationTikTokadolescentsparentshealth contentcritical thinking |
| spellingShingle | Beatriz Feijoo Charo Sádaba Luisa Zozaya Distrust by default: analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on TikTok International Journal of Adolescence and Youth misinformation TikTok adolescents parents health content critical thinking |
| title | Distrust by default: analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on TikTok |
| title_full | Distrust by default: analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on TikTok |
| title_fullStr | Distrust by default: analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on TikTok |
| title_full_unstemmed | Distrust by default: analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on TikTok |
| title_short | Distrust by default: analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on TikTok |
| title_sort | distrust by default analysis of parent and child reactions to health misinformation exposure on tiktok |
| topic | misinformation TikTok adolescents parents health content critical thinking |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2023.2244595 |
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