The credibility of online news: an evaluation of the information by university students / La credibilidad de las noticias en Internet: una evaluación de la información por estudiantes universitarios

dc.contributor.authorPaula Herrero-Diz
dc.contributor.authorJesús Conde Jiménez
dc.contributor.authorAlejandro Tapia Frade
dc.contributor.authorDavid Varona Aramburu
dc.coverage.spatialBolivia
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-22T13:56:58Z
dc.date.available2026-03-22T13:56:58Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCitaciones: 51
dc.description.abstractThe spread of online disinformation is one of the 10 global risks of the future according to the World Economic Forum, and 51% of experts believe that this situation will not improve in the coming years. By 2022, half of the news will be fake news. In terms of users, young people and adults have problems understanding where the information they find online comes from and what sources to trust or not. In order to ascertain the degree of credibility that young users in Andalucía give to information, this study presents the results of the evaluation of online news by university students pursuing degrees in communication and education (N = 188), using the CRAAP test. The data reveal differences in gender and degree programme in the credibility assigned to the news. The conclusion is that university students have difficulty differentiating the veracity of the sources, in line with previous studies, with fake news earning higher ratings than real news.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/11356405.2019.1601937
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/11356405.2019.1601937
dc.identifier.urihttps://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/43662
dc.language.isoes
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartofCulture and Education
dc.sourceUniversidad Loyola Andalucía
dc.subjectCredibility
dc.subjectDisinformation
dc.subjectFake news
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectThe Internet
dc.subjectAdvertising
dc.subjectOrder (exchange)
dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.subjectInternet privacy
dc.subjectHumanities
dc.titleThe credibility of online news: an evaluation of the information by university students / La credibilidad de las noticias en Internet: una evaluación de la información por estudiantes universitarios
dc.typearticle

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