Abstract
News literacy is an increasingly important educational endeavor as societies and individuals struggle to combat disinformation. Research suggests that news literacy, or the knowledge and skills needed to successfully navigate the news and information environment, can help individuals resist and avoid disinformation, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. Our research aims to develop a conceptual model of news literacy and create a valid measurement tool that can be used across national contexts to help define and assess news literacy. This project describes the process of creating our latest news literacy measures and offers data from three surveys, including our most recent in summer 2022 (n=1,500). We also examine relationships between news literacy and other important variables, such as political activity and civic knowledge.
Original language | American English |
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State | Published - 11 Oct 2022 |
Event | MISDOOM 2022: 4th Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media - Virtual, Boise, United States Duration: 11 Oct 2022 → 12 Oct 2022 Conference number: 4 https://www.boisestate.edu/misdoom-2022/ (MISDOOM 2022: 4th Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media October 11-12, 2022 Hosted by Boise State University, Idaho, USA) |
Conference
Conference | MISDOOM 2022 |
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Abbreviated title | MISDOOM 2022 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Boise |
Period | 11/10/22 → 12/10/22 |
Other | After three successful editions, the Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) returns for a 4th edition, this time hosted as a fully virtual conference by Boise State University on October 11-12, 2022. The symposium brings together researchers from multiple disciplines, including communication science, computer science, computational social science, political science, psychology, journalism, and media studies, as well as industry and practitioners in journalism and online media. |
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EGS Disciplines
- Other Communication