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  1. 1. QUENCHING THE THIRST FOR INFORMATION WHEN THERE ARE NO GATEKEEPERS. A study examining trust in social media crisis information based on the source of the information.

    Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

    Författare :Ebenezer Odai Afortey; [2022-09-01]
    Nyckelord :COVID-19; crisis communication; source credibility; trustworthiness; willingness; Authority heuristics; focus heuristics; agency cues; interactive cues; Affordances; Gatekeeping; Information source; social media.;

    Sammanfattning : Social media is rapidly being used as a source of information, including crisis-related information. The current study investigates how the sources of information available on social media affect users' trust in certain information. The study adopts the covid-19 pandemic as an empirical crisis to investigate the trust. LÄS MER