{"id":20753,"date":"2023-05-24T14:02:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/sub-topics-of-a-dissertation-literature-review-on-social-media-and-misinformation\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T14:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:02:58","slug":"sub-topics-of-a-dissertation-literature-review-on-social-media-and-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/sub-topics-of-a-dissertation-literature-review-on-social-media-and-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sub-topics of a dissertation literature review on social media and misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title of the dissertation: The role of media
\nliteracy on Portuguese people\u2019s use of social media as a news source and
\nself-perceived exposure to misinformation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span><\/p>\n

(in bold the sub-topics to develop, <\/b>in italic the instructions<\/i>)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1.    
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Chapter
\n1: Social media and misinformation<\/span><\/p>\n

1.1.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Definition of social media <\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

1.2.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Conceptualizing misinformation, disinformation, fake
\nnews<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

(what is misinformation, provide some of the definitions and history of its development; also highlighting the differences between misinformation, disinformation and fake news (definition of the concepts)<\/i><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

1.3.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and awareness<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

1.3.1.   
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>What
\nmakes people susceptible?<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

1.3.2.   
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>How
\ndoes misinformation spread in social networks<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

1.4.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Misinformation in times of crisis<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

1.4.1.   
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The
\ncase of Covid-19<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

1.4.2.   
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The
\ncase of the Russia-Ukraine War<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n


<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

2.    
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Chapter
\n2: Media literacy<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

2.1.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>The literacies: Information literacy and digital literacy<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

2.2.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Media literacy<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

2.2.1.   
\n<\/span><\/strike><\/span><\/span>The
\nMedia<\/strike> <\/span><\/p>\n

2.2.2.   <\/span><\/span><\/span>Media literacy defined <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

(history\/development of the concept and definitions)<\/font><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

2.2.3.   
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Scales
\nfor measuring media literacy <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

(Other researchers studies on how to measure media literacy generally and on social media) – <\/font>I need this for the purpose of my study to know how I would assess levels of media literacy among my respondents<\/font><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

3.    
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Chapter
\n3: Social media as a news source<\/span><\/p>\n

3.1.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>New media: The evolution of media and the new media
\ntechnology (passive to active behaviors in a more democratic society)<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

3.2.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Social media news consumption and literacy (social
\nmedia as a news source)<\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

3.4.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Awareness of misinformation <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

(<\/span>studies on exposure and self-report exposure to misinformation) \u2013 <\/font>how to measure self-report exposure to misinformation for my survey<\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

3.5.<\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Interventions to immunize the public<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

3.4.1.<\/span>   <\/span><\/span><\/span>The
\nimportance of social media literacy to understand the dangers of some social
\nmedia news <\/span><\/strike><\/p>\n

\n

3.4.2.<\/span>    <\/span><\/span><\/span>The
\nrole of fact-checking organizations<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

(What are fact-checking organizations, what do they do, examples of Portuguese fact-checking organizations and why are they so necessary to combat misinformation (on social media)<\/i><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


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