They discuss such topics as the credibility of health information online, how to teach credibility assessment, and public policy solutions. How relevant is credibility in the age of digital media. Many governments restrict access to digital media in some way, either to prevent obscenity or in a broader form of political censorship. The role of media in development, by kaveri subrahmanyam and david smahel, demonstrates how youth use and integrate media into their lives. Young people do consume news in social media with a little help from their. Learning about how people learn about science show all authors. Credibility of health information and digital media. Mit press 2007 in press to be published by mit press end of 2007. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Information on social media platforms suffers from a relative lack of. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading kids and credibility. Sep, 2017 digital medias credibility crisis digital media is firmly in the trough of disappointment. A parsimonious language model of social media credibility. Eysenbach points to a deficit of context which presents.
Oapen library digital media, youth, and credibility. Social media are a group of interactive, collaborative, conversational, and communitybased systems built upon the ideological and technological foundations of web 2. Digital media, youth, and credibility fills this gap in the. The use of social media on political participation among. Sample research paper on digital media and information. The credibility of volunteered geographic information. The internet and the explosion of digital media content have made more information available from more sources to more people than at any other time in human history.
Much research has been done on credibility and new media, but little of it focuses on users younger than college students. Networked digital media present new challenges for people to. Flanagin digital youth, innovation, and the unexpected, edited by tara mcpherson the ecology of games. The special case of youth and digital information credibility.
Hanging out, messing around, and geeking out digital media. With newspapers going online and television becoming increasingly digital, the current generation of youth has little reason to consume analog media. Introduction to the volume on digital media, youth, and. A proposed theory about youth heuristics associated with digital media leads to a list of quality criteria that includes utility, importance, relevance, believability, popularity, etc. New perspectives and implications for youth, while ostensibly about patrons seeking health information online, is interesting for its linking of research context to credibility assessment.
This essay situates these concerns as issues of information and source credibility by a examining the information environment fostering collective information contribution, b exploring the environment of information abundance, examining credibility and related notions within this environment, and leveraging extant research findings to. Credibility online has become an important topic since the mid1990s. In this study we investigate the abilities to determine the credibility of digital news among 483 teenagers. Her research interests include digital media literacy, online and mobile social networks, and computational social science.
Digital media is seen by many scholars as having a role in arab spring, and crackdowns on the use of digital and social media by embattled governments are increasingly common. This paper seeks to map and explore what we know about the ways in which young users of age 18 and under search for information online, how they evaluate. This volume addresses the issue of credibilitythe objective and subjective components that make information believablein the contemporary media environment. Unparalleled opportunity and unprecedented responsibility. How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is availa. Using an online survey with a performance test we assess to what extent teenagers are able to determine the credibility of different sources, evaluate credible and biased uses of evidence, and corroborate information. A heuristic approach to understanding technology effects on credibility. Macarthur foundation series on digital media and learning.
Swedish teenagers difficulties and abilities to determine. Oct 17, 2017 how relevant is credibility in the age of digital media. Gunther eysenbachs credibility of health information and digital media. An empirical examination of youth, digital media use, and information credibility by andrew j. A study of picture, audio, and video downloads, journalism. Flanagin and miriam metzger with ethan hartsell, alex markov, ryan medders, rebekah pure, and elisia choi new digital media and learning as an emerging area and worked examples as one way forward by james paul gee. The mdm program is designed to help graduates develop six core competencies that will serve. Digital media, youth, and credibility in searchworks catalog. They are concerned about the credibility of online information, but 89 percent believe that some to a lot of it is believable. Digital youth the role of media in development kaveri. Social media are computer tools that allows people to share or exchange informations, ideas, images, videos and even more with each other through a particular network. Digital media, youth, and credibility, edited by miriam j.
Eastin college students credibility judgments in the. Digital media, youth, and credibility macarthur foundation. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In this hyperconnected world, the source of news has moved out from the news room onto the streets. New digital media and learning as an emerging area and worked examples as one way forward.
Other important youth related policy issues have yet to be explored in greater detail. This is because the web has increasingly become an information resource. Part of the volume on digital media, youth, and credibility this chapter argues that understanding credibility is particularly complex and consequential in the digital media environment, especially for youth audiences, who have both advantages and disadvantages due to their relationship with contemporary technologies and their life experience. Factors influencing information credibility on social media. Media sources, credibility, and perceptions of science. The vast amount of information available online makes the origin of information, its quality, and its veracity less clear than ever before, shifting the. Macarthur foundation reports on digital media and learning. The fivestar rating on this weetbix box gives credibility. Growth and development of digital media in relation to the effect it has human life has necessitated the need to explain how information found in the online domain can be accessed, evaluated. Credibility available for download and read online in other formats. We found that participants internet skills, photoediting experience, and social media use were significant predictors of image credibility evaluation, while most social and heuristic cues of online credibility e. Jamaica winter 2008articleshome reading promoting motivation. Pdf credibility of health information and digital media.
How to evaluate the information credibility on social media platform has become an important issue for today information consumers. Digital media, youth, and credibility the mit press. An empirical examination of youth, digital media use, and information credibility individualresource passes allow you to purchase access to resources one resource at a time. Flanagin, addresses the issue of credibilitythe objective and subjective components that make information believablein the contemporary media environment. This overview of trends and issues concerning young people and the media is based on a broad. Mona kasra is an assistant professor of digital media design at the university of virginia uva.
Source orientation in humancomputer interaction programmer, networker, or independent social actor. There is an urgent need for societies to both protect youth and empower them to shape their own media environments, as spelled out by the united nations convention on the rights of the child and increasingly by media experts and educators around the globe. Fastdeveloping technology, especially in the digital media environment, has empowered individuals and other stakeholder organizations to be creators of communication messages rather than remaining as the static receiver of communication content mcclure, 2007, february 26. Youth and digital media, edited by anna everett youth, identity, and. This paper is motivated by the observation that the internet has led to structural. The master of digital media program educates students on these two aspects working in multiskilled teams and engaging with a wide range of modern, creative business processes while making digital media products that deliver value for people. Uncertainty reduction through mediated information exchange in online auctions. Social media its impact with positive and negative aspects. In this spotlight, youth and media explores the concept of digital citizenship, providing an overview of the current dialogue surrounding the term, with a focus on several key questions.
The media world of todays youth is almost completely digital. Guided by the main model, this study examines how individuals evaluate the source credibility of tweets and retweets based on noncontent attributes. Metzger is associate professor in the department of communication at the university of california, santa barbara, and coeditor of digital media, youth, and credibility mit press, 2008, one of the inaugural volumes in the john d. Digital media, youth, and credibility fills this gap in the literature. Sample research paper on digital media and information credibility. Focus is on the particular field like business, education, society and youth. Social media and credibility indicators computers in. Eastin, gunther eysenbach, brian hilligoss, frances jacobson harris, r. Perhaps the most important cue for youth both in the search context as well as with. Music, movies, and all other forms of massmediated content can be obtained via a wide array of digital devices, ranging from cds to dvds, from ipods to pdas.
Open youth and digital media from credibility to information quality. Thus far, educational initiatives to educate youth about search, evaluation, or creation have depended greatly on the local circumstances for their success or failure. An empirical examination of youth, digital media use, and information credibility the john d. Metzger toward a cognitive developmental approach to youth perceptions of credibility matthew s. The contributors look particularly at youth audiences and experiences, considering the implications of wide access and the questionable credibility of information for youth and learning. Connecting youth, games, and learning, edited by katie salen learning race and ethnicity. Her research is centered around the power and politics of emerging media and its impact on art, culture, and society. How to evaluate the information credibility on social media platform has. Information on social media platforms suffers from a relative lack of professional gatekeepers to monitor content.
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