Media Literacy the Fake News on Social Media Among Teenagers and Seniors in the area of Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

There were four objectives in this study, which consisted of 1) to study the level of understanding and style of fake news writing among adolescents and the elderly, 2) to study and compare the differences of levels of understanding, characteristics, forms of fake news writing between adolescents and elderly groups, 3) to study the fake news literacy of adolescents and the elderly, 4) to study and compare the differences of fake news literacy between the adolescent and the elderly group, and 5) to investigated factors affecting both adolescents group and elderly groups in  fake news literacy. The researchers applied a quantitative research procedure to conduct this study. The questionnaires were used to collect the data from 400 respondents in Chiang Rai Province. The findings found that 1) Level of understanding of fake news writing styles of teenagers Moderate level (x̄ = 3.220, S.D. = 0.919), elderly group (x̄ = 3.080, S.D. = 0.931). 2) Adolescent and elderly groups had different levels of understanding, characteristics, and fake news writing styles. The teenagers had a higher level of understanding of fake news writing styles than the elderly group. 3) Adolescent group fake news literacy in a high level (x̄ = 3.490, S.D. = 0.913), and elderly group fake news literacy  in moderate level (x̄ = 3.350, S.D.=0.916). 4) Elderly group and adolescent group had fake news literacy differently.              The adolescent group fake news literacy as it appeared in fake news literacy more than the elderly group. 5) Education level, incomes, frequency in using social media, average social media usage time per time and the level of understanding of the style of writing fake news Influencing the fake news literacy of teenagers and the elderly (R²=56.10).