Overcoming the Age Barrier: Improving Older Adults’ Detection of Political Disinformation With Media Literacy

IF 2.7 2区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
C. Sádaba, Ramón Salaverría, X. Bringué
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Abstract

This experimental study analyzes the effect of media literacy on the ability of Spanish seniors over 50 years of age to identify fake news. The experiment measures the improvement achieved by older adults in the detection of political disinformation thanks to a digital competence course offered through WhatsApp. The study comprises a total sample of 1,029 individuals, subdivided into a control group (n = 531) and an experimental group (n = 498), from which a qualified experimental subsample (n = 87) was extracted. Results reveal that participants’ political beliefs, ranging from left to right positions, influence their ability to detect misinformation. A progressive political position is associated with higher accuracy in identifying right-biased news headlines and lower accuracy for left-biased headlines. A conservative position is associated with higher accuracy when the news headline has a progressive bias, but lower accuracy when the headline is right-wing. Users are more critical when the headline has a bias against theirs, while they are more likely to believe news that confirms their own beliefs. The study adds evidence on the relevance of cognitive biases in disinformation and supports the convenience of designing specific media literacy actions aimed at older adults.
克服年龄障碍:通过媒体素养提高老年人对政治虚假信息的检测
这项实验研究分析了媒体素养对50岁以上西班牙老年人识别假新闻能力的影响。该实验衡量了由于WhatsApp提供的数字能力课程,老年人在检测政治虚假信息方面取得的进步。该研究包括1029名个体的总样本,分为对照组(n=531)和实验组(n=498),从中提取了合格的实验子样本(n=87)。结果显示,参与者的政治信仰,从左到右,都会影响他们检测错误信息的能力。进步的政治立场与识别右倾新闻标题的准确性较高有关,而与识别左倾标题的准确性较低有关。当新闻标题具有进步偏见时,保守立场与更高的准确性有关,但当标题是右翼时,则与更低的准确性有关。当标题对用户有偏见时,用户会更加挑剔,而他们更有可能相信证实自己信仰的新闻。这项研究为虚假信息中认知偏见的相关性提供了证据,并支持设计针对老年人的特定媒体扫盲行动的便利性。
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Media and Communication
Media and Communication COMMUNICATION-
CiteScore
5.80
自引率
3.20%
发文量
108
审稿时长
18 weeks
期刊介绍: Media and Communication (ISSN: 2183-2439) is an international open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of basic and applied research in communication and its related fields
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