Digital Literacy and Vulnerability to Misinformation
Lack of digital literacy can be a major barrier towards improving the informational well-being of Internet users. Using a field survey of 674 Facebook users in urban Pakistan, we find significant differences in individuals' ability to use common Facebook features. We find that digital literacy...
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Lack of digital literacy can be a major barrier towards improving the informational well-being of Internet users. Using a field survey of 674 Facebook users in urban Pakistan, we find significant differences in individuals' ability to use common Facebook features. We find that digital literacy is lower among older, less educated, lower income and female users, which points to barriers faced by different demographic groups in improving their digital literacy. Moreover, lower digital literacy is associated with worse truth discernment, lower sharing of true news, emotional reactions to online content, but not more confirmation bias.
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| spelling | doaj-art-7be4202c32a747a5b198fddd0ed856e62025-08-20T03:05:01ZengHOPEJournal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media2673-88132022-11-01210.51685/jqd.2022.025Digital Literacy and Vulnerability to MisinformationAyesha Ali0Ihsan Ayyub Qazi1Lahore University of Management SciencesLahore University of Management Sciences Lack of digital literacy can be a major barrier towards improving the informational well-being of Internet users. Using a field survey of 674 Facebook users in urban Pakistan, we find significant differences in individuals' ability to use common Facebook features. We find that digital literacy is lower among older, less educated, lower income and female users, which points to barriers faced by different demographic groups in improving their digital literacy. Moreover, lower digital literacy is associated with worse truth discernment, lower sharing of true news, emotional reactions to online content, but not more confirmation bias. https://journalqd.org/article/view/3620Digital LiteracyMisinformationSocial MediaEmotions |
| spellingShingle | Ayesha Ali Ihsan Ayyub Qazi Digital Literacy and Vulnerability to Misinformation Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media Digital Literacy Misinformation Social Media Emotions |
| title | Digital Literacy and Vulnerability to Misinformation |
| title_full | Digital Literacy and Vulnerability to Misinformation |
| title_fullStr | Digital Literacy and Vulnerability to Misinformation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital Literacy and Vulnerability to Misinformation |
| title_short | Digital Literacy and Vulnerability to Misinformation |
| title_sort | digital literacy and vulnerability to misinformation |
| topic | Digital Literacy Misinformation Social Media Emotions |
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