Analyzing patterns of political news evaluation among university students in Northeast Thailand

IF 2 4区管理学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Information Development Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI:10.1177/02666669231206784

Khanittha Jitsaeng

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Through social media and digital platforms, fake news and both professional as well as non-professional news sources are increasingly circulated, thus having a greater impact on people's lives and society. As a result, evaluating news has emerged as a crucial skill. However, it is yet unclear what variables contribute to this increase. To offer more insights, this study attempts to investigate through political news accessibility the factors influencing political news assessment of university students in Northeast Thailand. This study was a quantitative research, and the theory underlying it was news literacy. 1200 samples from undergraduate students from state, private, and autonomous universities were obtained through a multi-stage sampling. 400 questionnaires, utilized as a research tool, were distributed to each type of university for data collection. In order to examine the reliability of the research instrument, Cronbach's alpha was also used in a pre-test stage along with a content validity analysis of the questionnaire. For all elements, the alpha coefficient was 0.93. The findings demonstrated that political news assessment was most influenced by political news accessibility, which is the intervening variable (Beta = 0.265); followed by political news exposure from social media (Beta = 0.217); inner drives for the follow-up of political news (Beta = 0.190); influence of groups and social networks (Beta = 0.170); specific characteristics of the Internet (Beta = 0.151); importance of political news (Beta = 0.147); political news exposure from websites (Beta = 0.099); benefits of political news (Beta = 0.075); and political news exposure from print media (Beta = 0.042). The student characteristic factor, motivation for political news exposure factor, and political news exposure factor accounted for 67.45 percent of the variance in explaining political news evaluation among Thai students, through political news accessibility (R2 = 0.6745). Consequently, improving these elements will lead to better political news evaluation.

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泰国东北地区大学生政治新闻评价模式分析

通过社交媒体和数字平台，假新闻以及专业和非专业新闻来源的传播越来越多，从而对人们的生活和社会产生了更大的影响。因此，评估新闻已经成为一项至关重要的技能。然而，目前还不清楚是什么变量导致了这一增长。为了提供更多的见解，本研究试图通过政治新闻可及性来调查泰国东北部大学生政治新闻评价的影响因素。这项研究是一项定量研究，其理论基础是新闻素养。通过多阶段抽样，从公立、私立和自治大学的本科生中获得了1200个样本。作为研究工具，我们向各类大学发放了400份问卷进行数据收集。为了检验研究工具的信度，Cronbach's alpha也被用于前测阶段以及问卷的内容效度分析。各要素α系数均为0.93。结果表明:政治新闻评价受政治新闻可及性的影响最大(Beta = 0.265);其次是社交媒体的政治新闻曝光(Beta = 0.217);政治新闻跟进的内在驱动力(Beta = 0.190);群体和社会网络的影响(Beta = 0.170);互联网的特殊性(Beta = 0.151);政治新闻的重要性(Beta = 0.147);网站政治新闻曝光率(Beta = 0.099);政治新闻的收益(Beta = 0.075);和纸媒的政治新闻曝光(Beta = 0.042)。通过政治新闻可及性，学生特征因素、政治新闻曝光因素动机和政治新闻曝光因素占解释泰国学生政治新闻评价方差的67.45% (R2 = 0.6745)。因此，改善这些因素将有助于更好地进行时政新闻评价。

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Information Development INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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5.10

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5.30%

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期刊介绍： Information Development is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide authoritative coverage of current developments in the provision, management and use of information throughout the world, with particular emphasis on the information needs and problems of developing countries. It deals with both the development of information systems, services and skills, and the role of information in personal and national development.