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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| author | Tandoc, Edson C. Ling, Richard Westlund, Oscar Duffy, Andrew Goh, Debbie Zheng Wei, Lim |
| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | ntu-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]. |
| 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 |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | Authentication Credibility |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86672 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45170 |
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