Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

The informational practices of citizens, transformed by the digital sphere, pose new challenges such as misinformation and disinformation, and they also require a rethinking of the role of opinion leaders. We explored how, on Twitter, the credibility of COVID-19 news was influenced by the source of...

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Autores: Besalú Casademont, Reinald, 1983-, Pont Sorribes, Carles, Martí-Danés, Aleix
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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opinion leader
media
fake news
disinformation
misinformation
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spelling Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in SpainBesalú Casademont, Reinald, 1983-Pont Sorribes, CarlesMartí-Danés, AleixTwittercredibilityopinion leadermediafake newsdisinformationmisinformationThe informational practices of citizens, transformed by the digital sphere, pose new challenges such as misinformation and disinformation, and they also require a rethinking of the role of opinion leaders. We explored how, on Twitter, the credibility of COVID-19 news was influenced by the source of the news. We conducted a survey of a representative sample of the Spanish population (N = 2,041) who were asked to rate politician, expert, celebrity, media, and anonymous citizen tweets for credibility. The results show that the perceived credibility of tweets on COVID-19 by politicians and experts was negative and positive, respectively, when compared with tweets by the media, and also that celebrities and anonymous citizens had no impact on perceptions of credibility. We also found that news credibility was affected by respondent gender, age, occupational status, and education level. We conclude that, despite disintermediation processes, the media continue to underpin news credibility in the digital public sphere.This research was funded by the Ideograma-UPF Chair of Political Communication and Democracy (https://www.upf.edu/web/catedra-ideograma) and also by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain with the project “Crisis and emergency communication on Social Media. Study of its use in Spain and design of information protocols for institutions and media (COMCRISIS)” with reference code PID2019-109064GB-I00.University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism202220222021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/52356reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésThe International Journal of Communication. 2021;15:5158-85.info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-109064GB-I00© 2021 (Reinald Besalú, Carles Pont-Sorribes, and Aleix Martí). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://ijoc.orghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-ndinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/523562026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
title Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
spellingShingle Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
Besalú Casademont, Reinald, 1983-
Twitter
credibility
opinion leader
media
fake news
disinformation
misinformation
title_short Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
title_full Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
title_fullStr Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
title_sort Perceived credibility of tweets by opinion leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Besalú Casademont, Reinald, 1983-
Pont Sorribes, Carles
Martí-Danés, Aleix
author Besalú Casademont, Reinald, 1983-
author_facet Besalú Casademont, Reinald, 1983-
Pont Sorribes, Carles
Martí-Danés, Aleix
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Martí-Danés, Aleix
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Twitter
credibility
opinion leader
media
fake news
disinformation
misinformation
topic Twitter
credibility
opinion leader
media
fake news
disinformation
misinformation
description The informational practices of citizens, transformed by the digital sphere, pose new challenges such as misinformation and disinformation, and they also require a rethinking of the role of opinion leaders. We explored how, on Twitter, the credibility of COVID-19 news was influenced by the source of the news. We conducted a survey of a representative sample of the Spanish population (N = 2,041) who were asked to rate politician, expert, celebrity, media, and anonymous citizen tweets for credibility. The results show that the perceived credibility of tweets on COVID-19 by politicians and experts was negative and positive, respectively, when compared with tweets by the media, and also that celebrities and anonymous citizens had no impact on perceptions of credibility. We also found that news credibility was affected by respondent gender, age, occupational status, and education level. We conclude that, despite disintermediation processes, the media continue to underpin news credibility in the digital public sphere.
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