A Multidimensional Approach for Evaluating Reality in Social Media: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Misinformation is a threat to public health. The effective countering of misinformation may require moving beyond the binary classification of fake versus fact to capture the range of schemas that users employ to evaluate social media content. A more comprehensive understanding of user evaluation schemas is necessary.

Objective

The goal of this research was to advance the current understanding of user evaluations of social media information and to develop and validate a measurement instrument for assessing social media realism.

Methods

This research involved a sequence of 2 studies. First, we used qualitative focus groups (n=48). Second, building on the first study, we surveyed a national sample of social media users (n=442). The focus group data were analy

SUBMITTER: Cho H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11336507 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature