Identification of fake news by students and teachers:

an experiment in public schools in Brazil

Authors

  • Diego de Deus Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino - UNIFAE
  • Adinan Nogueira Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino - UNIFAE e Pontifícia Universidade Católica - PUC Minas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4825-7035

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2763-9398.2022v16n.61652

Keywords:

Fake news. Teachers. Literacy. Students. Social networks.

Abstract

This study aimed to demonstrate and compare the level of ability of high school students and teachers from two public schools have in identifying false news. This is an exploratory and experimental study. The investigation problematized the role of and information, media investigating the consequences in the participants' perception regarding the information obtained through digital social networks. The application of persuasion framings in the questionnaires used was also adhered to. We sought to verify whether these factors are related to the participants' ability to identify the fake news used in the experiment. It was found that there is no such relationship, but that there is a deficit between what is claimed to be knowledge about the subject and the detection of news, in theory, true, whether from the perspective of teachers or students.

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Author Biography

Adinan Nogueira, Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino - UNIFAE e Pontifícia Universidade Católica - PUC Minas

Graduated in Advertising at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (1992), graduated in Strategic Marketing Management at PUC-MINAS and master's degree in Administration and Organizational Development - National Superintendence of CNEC (2007). He holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from Universidade Lusófona (Lisbon / Portugal). He is professor IV at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and professor at Unifae.

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Published

2022-05-26

How to Cite

DE DEUS, D.; CARLOS NOGUEIRA, A. . Identification of fake news by students and teachers: : an experiment in public schools in Brazil. Culturas Midiáticas, [S. l.], v. 16, p. 21, 2022. DOI: 10.22478/ufpb.2763-9398.2022v16n.61652. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/cm/article/view/61652. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.