"Romanian replication of ""“Save the Pacific Northwest tree octopus”: A hoax revisited. Or: How vulnerable are school children to fake news?"" (Loos et al., 2018)"
Study details
| Year: | Not reported |
| Scope: | Local |
| Countries: | Romania |
| Methodology: | Empirical research – Mixed methods |
| Methods of data collection: | Survey; Focus group; Experimental / Quasi-experimental |
| Researched Groups: | Children |
| Children Ages: | Kids (6-10 Years old); Pre-adolescents (11-13 Years old); Adolescents (14-18 Years old) |
| Has Formal Ethical Clearance: | Yes |
| Consents: | Consent obtained from parents |
| Informed Consent: | Consent obtained |
| Ethics: | Ethical considerations and/or protocol mentioned in the research design |
Goals
"""This study aims to assess Romanian children and adolescents’ ability to distinguish truthful
information from fake news and test the theory based on other studies’ [2,4,6,7,28] findings, claiming
that digital natives cannot recognize fake news. In this study, two research questions are answered:
RQ1: Do Romanian children (10–11 years old, N = 33) and adolescents (18–19 years old, N = 21)
perceive the hoax website Salvăm Jacalopul (Saving the jackalope) as reliable, as the Dutch school
children did with Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus?
RQ2: What are the mechanisms underlying the fake news identifying process?"" (Dumitru, 2020)"