Trust Building and Fake News on Social Media from the Perspective of University Students from Four Visegrad Countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.communicationtoday.sk/trust-building-and-fake-news-on-social-media-from-the-perspective-of-university-students-from-four-visegrad-countries/" target="_blank" >https://www.communicationtoday.sk/trust-building-and-fake-news-on-social-media-from-the-perspective-of-university-students-from-four-visegrad-countries/</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Trust Building and Fake News on Social Media from the Perspective of University Students from Four Visegrad Countries

Original language description

There is an important need in the literature to explore the effects of social media use on young people’s behaviour. The main purpose of this research is to explore which factors of users´ gratifications are associated with using social media by university students from four countries in Central Europe. Online communication on social media may be affected by a variety of factors that affect the development of mutual relationships. Thus, research is also focused on trust building on social media. The research team conducted qualitative research aimed on the deeper understanding of students’ opinions on “trust and social media” and their view on the phenomenon “fake news&quot;. Using focus groups in four countries showed that university students, who are frequent users of social media, are inclined to trust certain pages they like but generally, they do not trust social media. They use social media for maintaining relationships at first place and they believe in people who are connected to their network. It is obvious that students use social media to satisfy their needs, especially in the field of entertainment, partly also for obtaining information. The findings show that expected gratifications of students are built on their practical experience with media

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Communication Today

ISSN

1338-130X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

70-88

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85087203947