RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Credibilidad e implicaciones éticas de las redes sociales para los jóvenes
A1 De Frutos Torres, Belinda
A1 Pastor Rodríguez, Ana
A1 Cruz-Díaz, Rocío
K1 Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad
K1 youth
K1 social media
K1 trust
K1 credibility
K1 information
K1 media ethics
K1 5910.02 Medios de Comunicación de Masas
AB Introduction: social networks are scenarios overload with information, tutorial, recommendations, jokes, advertising, fake news, and other contents which do not always reach the desired quality standards in mass media. Learning to handle this environment is essential to maintain critical and informed citizens, particularly among the youngest. This research focuses on the opinion about the content that circulates on social networks and the credibility and trust generated. Methodology: a correlational study is run with 935 participants between 18 and 25 years old selected by snowball process that filled an online questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis identifies four dimensions that assess the implications of social media. Results and Discussion: those who are more identified with the controversial vision and lack of objectivity of social media show a higher level of trust in the sources of information on the Internet and lower trust levels in the news that appears in the profile feed. Sharing the vision of social media as an alternative channel to be informed is associated with giving greater confidence to the news content of social media, to the recommendations of unknown users and influencers. Conclusions: young people have a vision of the implication of social media that reflects some of the problems that have arisen in this space of interaction. The recommendation is to maintain a critical attitude towards social media content.
PB REVISTA LATINA DE COMUNICACIÓN SOCIAL
SN 1138-5820
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73099
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73099
LA eng
NO De Frutos Torres, B., Pastor Rodríguez, A. ., & Cruz-Díaz, R. (2021). Credibilidad e implicaciones éticas de las redes sociales para los jóvenes . Revista Latina De Comunicación Social, (79), 51–68.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 10-ene-2025