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Direct linkTania Josephine Martin; Yoan Gutiérrez Vázquez; Robiert Sepúlveda-Torres; José Ignacio Abreu Salas – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2025
The spread of fake news (FN) has attracted attention from disciplines ranging from social sciences to Artificial Intelligence. This work is novel because it explores the news-sharing behaviour of social-media users, focussing on those that spread FN, rather than the psychological motivations behind them. The 14-item Risky News-Sharing Quotient…
Descriptors: Deception, News Reporting, Misinformation, Intervention
Belova, Nadja; Krause, Moritz – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Social media are a popular source of information for young people, serving the purposes of not only communication but also the creation and distribution of content as well as advertising. However, that content may contain science-related information that in many cases is not based on scientifically proven sources. Content creators and/or…
Descriptors: Social Media, Information Sources, Advertising, Credibility
Download full textShahrokni, Seyed Abdollah – TESL-EJ, 2021
This ethnographic case study aims to examine second language socialization (SLS) in a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) called Stronghold Kingdoms (SK). To explore the affordances of this community for SLS, the social dynamics in a Faction community during 4 life-time periods, namely, war, post-war peace and life in exile, end of the world,…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Computer Games, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Whalen, D. Joel, Ed. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
This article, the second of a two-part series, presents 12 assignments designed to help students increase their online communication skills, conduct professional conferences, use advanced presentation software, develop problem-solving and critical thinking, gain greater awareness of gender effects in communication, and perform community service.…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
DeGroot, Jocelyn M.; Young, Valerie J.; VanSlette, Sarah H. – Communication Education, 2015
This study investigates college student perceptions of instructor credibility based on the content of an instructor's Twitterfeed and student beliefs about Twitter as a communication tool. Quantitative and qualitative methods were utilized to explore the effects of three manipulated Twitter feeds (e.g., tweeting social topics, professional topics,…
Descriptors: Credibility, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Behavior, Student Attitudes
Stephens, Keri K.; Mottet, Timothy P. – Communication Education, 2008
Organizations continue to use technology to train and share information. This study focused specifically on how trainers and trainees interact in the mediated Web conference training context. Using the rhetorical and relational goal theory of instructional communication, this 2x2 experimental study tested the effects of trainer-controlled and…
Descriptors: Credibility, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Web Based Instruction
Mazer, Joseph P.; Murphy, Richard E.; Simonds, Cheri J. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2009
Research suggests that teachers who personalize their teaching through the use of humor, stories, enthusiasm, and self-disclosure are perceived by their students to be effective in explaining course content. This experimental study examined the effects of computer-mediated teacher self-disclosure on perceptions of teacher credibility. Participants…
Descriptors: Course Content, Credibility, Computer Mediated Communication, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
