How college students evaluate and share “fake news” stories

• Published in: Library & information science research Vol. 41; no. 3; p. 100967
• Main Author: Leeder, Chris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Norwood Elsevier Inc 01.07.2019; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: College students; False information; News media; Social networks; United States > US

The spread of “fake news” stories online has become a pressing concern in the United States and around the world in recent years. Social media platforms enable the rapid spread of such misinformation and also make evaluating the credibility of online information more difficult. Since college student...