Abstract:

The current study aims to design a tool to measure the level of confidence/confidence of the news that users receive from different media media media media, to examine whether there is a significant difference between the news produced by professional journalists, the confidence in the social media news produced or shared by users, and the extent in which the users do research before sharing the news they encounter on social media. A study was conducted with the participation of 763 university students, and the analysis was followed by a three-factor structure titled “confidence”, “confidence in professional social media sharing” and “confidence in individual social media sharing” found that it was a valid and reliable scale for students. It also resulted in the fact that the participants were more confident in professional councils, compared to individual sharing, and that the confirmation reflections of those who used social media for communication were high.