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February 8, 2026Open Access

Trust in news on social media

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HHHendrik HeuerUniversity of WuppertalABAndreas BreiterUniversity of Bremen

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Implication

Investigates trust in news sources among young adults, revealing implications for combating misinformation.

Key Points

  • To explore how users quantify trust in news on social media and identify influencing factors.
  • Conducted a trust rating study with 108 German high-school students
  • Participants rated trust in various online news sources, including quality media and fake news
  • Examined the relationship between user trust ratings and expert source rankings
  • Utilized psychometric scales to measure interpersonal trust
  • Users effectively quantified their trust in news items
  • Trust ratings aligned with expert rankings of sources
  • Psychometric scales correlated with users' overall trust ratings
  • Identified potential interventions for users susceptible to false trust or distrust

Cite This Study

Heuer et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698827f00fc35cd7a8846f0bhttps://doi.org/10.26092/elib/5360
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