Özet:

With the onset of digitalization in communication the production, distribution and consumption patterns of news are undergoing a radical change. While traditional media is losing power day by day, new media, a media designation to cover the internet and social media, has led the consumer to become the producer and distributor of news at the same time. The shake-up of the professional and classical understanding in the production processes has revealed significant problems in news reliability. Misinformation and fake news have become major problems due to the disruption of the news control mechanism. The content produced in new media reaches the consumer directly and this information and news whose accuracy cannot be controlled causes the “contortion” of the truth. The aim of this study was to determine the views and behaviors of university students regarding the use of new media, their attitudes towards misinformation, the production, circulation and consumption of misinformation or fake news. At the end of the field survey, students of communication faculty found traditional media biased, consumed news from social media and websites, while avoiding news sharing on social media, showed more interest in closed messaging applications. “Avoidance of research” and “political polarization” are cited in the reasons for believing fake news while most doubt politics and security news.

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