Fighting Fake News A Generational Approach

• Other Authors: Loos, Eugène (Editor), Ivan, Loredana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Philosophy; fake news and online information; children and adolescents and fake news; vulnerability to fake news; age; confirmation bias; fake news; heuristic approach; politics; source; wild wide web; new literacies; web literacy; critical thinking; reliability reasoning; libraries; librarians; disinformation; literacy practices; open-access resources; conspiracy theories; COVID-19 pandemic; digital disinformation; religiosity; fake news incidence; "fake news" and potentially manipulative content; digital media; generational approach; media literacy; n/a; online content; factor assessment; trustworthiness; gender; education level
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The book focuses on how different generations perceive fake news, including young and middle-age groups of people, multiple age groups, university students and adults in general, elementary students, children, and adolescents. It provides insights into the different methodologies available with whic...