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Teens Being Tricked: What Are Chinese Teenagers’ Perceptions of Disinformation & Why Do They Believe In It?
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Abstract
Nowadays, have seen any teenagers without any social media accounts and sources of information? The answer would probably be a “no” or “barely.” Especially for teenagers, the problem of disinformation may be amplified. This work uses surveys and research to find out about how Chinese teenagers, age 13-18 view disinformation. The results show that Chinese teenagers are too confident about their ability to being able to identify the disinformation hidden in the facts. Furthermore, this is because of the general trend that people are using less and less time to process, or even receive, the information so that they wouldn’t be able to think about the information thoroughly before deciding whether it’s true or not. This work explores the specific ethnicity, providing context that authors can use for their own research.
Keywords
teenagers, disinformation, Social media
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Zheng,T. (2023). Teens Being Tricked: What Are Chinese Teenagers’ Perceptions of Disinformation & Why Do They Believe In It?. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,2,510-515.
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