Abstract
Voter’s education is an avenue which engages student-voters into political socialization. However, their exposure to social media and lack of keenness in verifying information can make them vulnerable to spread of fake news which in the long run may affect voting perceptions and behavior. Others may not be conducting fact checking behaviors that are necessary before they share information. This study aimed to determine the relationship of voter’s online education, awareness and social media use of fake news and fact-checking behaviors among university student-voters (N = 446). Using male and female participants, results showed that majority of the respondents share fake news in social media to provide understanding of a particular event or situation. Consequently, sex and monthly gross income is not related with watching online voter’s education program, perception of change in voting candidates among key positions in national elections, awareness and checking of fake news, social media use of fake news, and fact-checking information on social media. Findings reveal that fact-checking information increases awareness of fake news in social media (r= .534, p <.001). Implications of this study are also presented with regards to conducting online voter’s education program, raising student voter’s awareness, utilization of fake news in social media and fact-checking behavior.
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Amor Mia Arandia, Jose Rizal University, Philippines
Allison Cruyff Ladero, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
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Conference: ECE2023
Stream: Higher education
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Arandia A., & Ladero A. (2023) Online Voter’s Education, Change of Voting Perceptions, Awareness and Social Media Use of Fake News and Fact-Checking Behaviors Among Tertiary Students ISSN: 2188-1162 The European Conference on Education 2023: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1162.2023.90
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1162.2023.90
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