Informed public against false rumor in the social media era: Focusing on social media dependency
- 주제(키워드) False rumor , Information seeking , Credibility , SNS dependency
- 주제(기타) Information Science & Library Science
- 설명문(일반) [Lee, Jiyoung] Syracuse Univ, SI Newhouse Sch Publ Commun, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA; [Choi, Yunjung] Ewha Womans Univ, Div Commun & Media, Seoul, South Korea
- 등재 SSCI, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- 발행년도 2018
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000151640
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2017.12.017
초록/요약
This study explores how the public's belief in false rumors about Middle East Respiratory Syndrome that spread across South Korea related to their accuracy-oriented information seeking as well as the moderating effects of people's reasons for using social networking services (SNS). The survey results show that perceived credibility of false rumors did not affect accuracy-oriented information seeking. However, a significant result was shown in the moderating effect, such that SNS informational dependency interacted with false rumor credibility on accuracy-oriented information seeking. Overall, this study specifically identifies and discusses differences in SNS dependency and accuracy-oriented information seeking in the context of rumor communication to examine the construction of an informed public. Theoretical contributions of this study are discussed.
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