Teens’ Motivations to Spread Fake News on WhatsApp

Younger people are exposed to misinformation that circulates rapidly on their mobile devices through instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp. Under the guise of news, an attractive format and outrage discourse, fake news appeal to their emotions by inviting them to distribute them impulsivel...

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Autores: Herrero Diz, Paula, Conde Jiménez, Jesús, Reyes De Cozar, Salvador
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositorio:Brújula
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Palabra clave:Disinformation
Fake news
Sharing behavior
Teens
WhatsApp
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spelling Teens’ Motivations to Spread Fake News on WhatsAppHerrero Diz, PaulaConde Jiménez, JesúsReyes De Cozar, SalvadorDisinformationFake newsSharing behaviorTeensWhatsAppYounger people are exposed to misinformation that circulates rapidly on their mobile devices through instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp. Under the guise of news, an attractive format and outrage discourse, fake news appeal to their emotions by inviting them to distribute them impulsively. All of this is supported by a device—the mobile phone—in which the action of sharing is a matter of trust. Therefore, they are less likely to check a piece of content before resending it if it comes from a contact in their personal address book. To understand young people’s habits when receiving informative content through WhatsApp and the reasons why they choose to share it or not, this study designed a “Questionnaire on Student Habits for Sharing Fake News on the Mobile” (CHECK-M), to measure young teenagers’ exposure to “fake news” and their behavior. Empirical data, from a sample of 480 adolescents, confirmed that they are more likely to share content if it connects with their interests, regardless of its truthfulness, that trust affects the credibility of information, and that the appearance of newsworthy information ensures that, regardless of the nature of the content, this information is more likely to be shared among young people.2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/5410reponame:Brújulainstname:Universidad Loyola AndalucíaInglésThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was partially funded by the European Commission/Erasmus+KA201 (project code: 2019-1-ES01-KA201-064365)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/54102026-06-24T12:48:37Z
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title Teens’ Motivations to Spread Fake News on WhatsApp
spellingShingle Teens’ Motivations to Spread Fake News on WhatsApp
Herrero Diz, Paula
Disinformation
Fake news
Sharing behavior
Teens
WhatsApp
title_short Teens’ Motivations to Spread Fake News on WhatsApp
title_full Teens’ Motivations to Spread Fake News on WhatsApp
title_fullStr Teens’ Motivations to Spread Fake News on WhatsApp
title_full_unstemmed Teens’ Motivations to Spread Fake News on WhatsApp
title_sort Teens’ Motivations to Spread Fake News on WhatsApp
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Herrero Diz, Paula
Conde Jiménez, Jesús
Reyes De Cozar, Salvador
author Herrero Diz, Paula
author_facet Herrero Diz, Paula
Conde Jiménez, Jesús
Reyes De Cozar, Salvador
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Reyes De Cozar, Salvador
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Disinformation
Fake news
Sharing behavior
Teens
WhatsApp
topic Disinformation
Fake news
Sharing behavior
Teens
WhatsApp
description Younger people are exposed to misinformation that circulates rapidly on their mobile devices through instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp. Under the guise of news, an attractive format and outrage discourse, fake news appeal to their emotions by inviting them to distribute them impulsively. All of this is supported by a device—the mobile phone—in which the action of sharing is a matter of trust. Therefore, they are less likely to check a piece of content before resending it if it comes from a contact in their personal address book. To understand young people’s habits when receiving informative content through WhatsApp and the reasons why they choose to share it or not, this study designed a “Questionnaire on Student Habits for Sharing Fake News on the Mobile” (CHECK-M), to measure young teenagers’ exposure to “fake news” and their behavior. Empirical data, from a sample of 480 adolescents, confirmed that they are more likely to share content if it connects with their interests, regardless of its truthfulness, that trust affects the credibility of information, and that the appearance of newsworthy information ensures that, regardless of the nature of the content, this information is more likely to be shared among young people.
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