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Misinformation Concerns and Online News Participation among internet Users in India
Social Media + Society ( IF 4.636 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-12 , DOI: 10.1177/20563051211009013
Taberez Ahmed Neyazi 1 , Antonis Kalogeropoulos 2 , Rasmus K. Nielsen 3
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The rise of misinformation often circulated in various social media platforms has not only raised concerns among the policymakers and civil society groups, but also among citizens. Drawing upon a cross-sectional survey (n = 1,013) among English-language internet users in India, this paper tries to identify factors that affect concerns for online misinformation among citizens and how online news participation is affected by the rise of misinformation. After controlling for gender, age, education and income, we found that WhatsApp use, party identification and trust in news are positively associated with the concern for misinformation. Similarly, partisans are more likely to engage with news online. While Facebook and Twitter use are positively associated with online news sharing, the use of WhatsApp is not significant. The empirical evidence adds new insights to the literature on misinformation and online news engagement from the world’s largest democracy.



中文翻译:

印度互联网用户中的错误信息担忧和在线新闻参与

经常在各种社交媒体平台上流传的错误信息的增加不仅引起了决策者和民间社会团体的关注,而且也引起了公民的关注。进行横截面调查(n = 1,013)在印度的英语互联网用户中,本文试图找出影响公民对在线错误信息的关注的因素,以及错误信息的增加如何影响在线新闻的参与。在控制了性别,年龄,教育和收入之后,我们发现WhatsApp的使用,参与方标识和对新闻的信任与对错误信息的关注正相关。同样,游击队员更有可能在线上参与新闻。尽管Facebook和Twitter的使用与在线新闻共享呈正相关,但WhatsApp的使用并不重要。经验证据为来自全球最大民主国家的有关错误信息和在线新闻参与的文献提供了新的见解。

更新日期:2021-04-12
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