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This study focuses on understanding connections between news consumption on TikTok and the credibility of news content. Results from an online experiment (n = 325) revealed that participants who used TikTok intentionally to seek news and political information were more likely to engage with political content and view it as more credible than other TikTok users. Additionally, this study did not find a connection between use frequency and credibility of the news content or news outlets, which contradicts previous research on media consumption and effects. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Sparks et al. (Sun,) studied this question.