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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-26T10:56:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-26T10:56:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Sciberras, C. (2018). Digital literacy and perception of fake news (Bachelor's dissertation). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/41592 | - |
dc.description | B.COMMS.(HONS) | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | The topic of fake news walked into the spotlight with the 2016 U.S. elections. However, the concept of misinformation has been present far way back than 2016. Fake news is a concept which involves two parties continuously engaged in a basic communication model. Fake news, as a concept, has two perspectives. On one hand, there’s the point of view of the creator. Creating and disseminating fake news to deliberately misinform citizens in a society is somewhat related to propaganda or harm other competitors. On the other hand, there’s the point of view of the reader. The reader is responsible for absorbing the content and has the power to believe or discard the content. This dissertation shall look more into the effects of fake news on its readers, and some precautions that should be taken to prevent the dissemination of fake news. This dissertation will look into critical digital literacy as a key component to battle the spread of fake news. Testing participants’ perceptions was done by means of two-part focus groups. The participants were exposed to fabricated and credible stories and asked questions about their credibility. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Technological literacy -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Fake news -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Perception | en_GB |
dc.title | Digital literacy and perception of fake news | en_GB |
dc.type | bachelorThesis | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Malta | en_GB |
dc.publisher.department | Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences. Department of Media & Communications | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Sciberras, Clive | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacMKS - 2018 Dissertations - FacMKSMC - 2018 |
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