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Resultado de un curso sobre análisis de noticias en redes sociales y creencias epistemológicas
The Internet is currently the most relevant source of information; however, it is necessary to know how to distinguish news whose content may be malicious, misleading, or false. Much has been emphasized on the skills to analyze fake news from its structure, hand in hand with media literacy, but litt...
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Published in: | Emerging trends in education (Tabasco, México) México), 2024-12, Vol.7 (13), p.103-116 |
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Summary: | The Internet is currently the most relevant source of information; however, it is necessary to know how to distinguish news whose content may be malicious, misleading, or false. Much has been emphasized on the skills to analyze fake news from its structure, hand in hand with media literacy, but little work has been done on the psychological variables of the participants that can prevent them from accepting fake news without critical analysis. In this sense, epistemological beliefs are a variable to be taken into account. In this paper, we analyzed the results of a three-week course of news analysis in social networks on epistemological beliefs, including topics on cognitive biases and media literacy. Fifty-eight higher education students and 22 graduate students participated. Subsequently, we verified the change in epistemological beliefs by applying the Internet-Specific Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire in two measurements, pretest, and posttest, in two editions of the course. As a result, we detected statistically significant changes in two components that favored the participant's perspective as a knowledge builder and the Internet as a questionable source. We concluded that it is necessary to continue with this model of instruction to empower news readers to make better decisions regarding the information they receive.
Internet es la fuente de información más relevante actualmente; sin embargo, es necesario saber distinguir aquellas noticias cuyo contenido puede ser malicioso, engañoso o falso. Mucho se ha enfatizado sobre las habilidades para analizar noticias falsas desde su estructura, de la mano de la alfabetización mediática, pero poco se ha trabajado sobre variables psicológicas de los participantes que pueden evitar que acepten las noticias falsas sin un análisis crítico. En este sentido, las creencias epistemológicas son una variable por tomar en cuenta. Se analizó el resultado de un curso de análisis de noticias en redes sociales con duración de tres semanas, sobre las creencias epistemológicas, incluyendo también temas sobre sesgos cognitivos y alfabetización mediática. Participaron 58 estudiantes de educación superior y 22 de posgrado. Se constató el cambio en las creencias epistemológicas al aplicar el Cuestionario de Creencias Epistemológicas Específicas a Internet con dos mediciones, pretest y postest, en dos ediciones del curso. Como resultado, se detectaron cambios estadísticamente significativos en dos componentes que favorecieron |
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ISSN: | 2594-2840 2594-2840 |
DOI: | 10.19136/etie.a7n13.6298 |