Country Characteristics, Internet Connectivity and Combating Misinformation: A Network Analysis of Global North-South

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dc.contributor.authorSeo, Hyunjin
dc.contributor.authorThorson, Stuart
dc.contributor.authorBlomberg, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorAppling, Scott
dc.contributor.authorBras, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorDavis-Roberts, Avery
dc.contributor.authorAltschwager, Darcey
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-24T19:36:23Z
dc.date.available2020-12-24T19:36:23Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-05
dc.description.abstractAnalyzing data on 152 countries using network and regression analyses, this study examined how countries’ positions in the global Internet network are associated with their political, economic, and technological characteristics, and how those characteristics are related to media, information, and digital (MID) education programs in the countries. This research shows countries with higher levels of international Internet bandwidth capacity, Internet use, and press freedom status are more likely to have MID programs that are comprehensive. Differences between Global North and Global South countries were significant both in terms of Internet capacity and use and in terms of MID complexity and dimensions. MID literacy education is an important long-term solution to misinformation, as such education informs people’s epistemological beliefs which in turn have direct effects on their comprehension of various issues and topics. This study offers important scholarly and policy implications in the areas of digital connectivity, MID literacies, misinformation, and international communication. In particular, it offers guidance for comparative studies in this area.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2021.361
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-4-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/70975
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectNetwork Analysis of Digital and Social Media
dc.subjectdigital literacy
dc.subjectinformation literacy
dc.subjectinternet
dc.subjectmisinformation
dc.subjectnetwork analysis
dc.titleCountry Characteristics, Internet Connectivity and Combating Misinformation: A Network Analysis of Global North-South
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