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

dc.contributor.author Seo, Hyunjin
dc.contributor.author Thorson, Stuart
dc.contributor.author Blomberg, Matthew
dc.contributor.author Appling, Scott
dc.contributor.author Bras, Andrea
dc.contributor.author Davis-Roberts, Avery
dc.contributor.author Altschwager, Darcey
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-24T19:36:23Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-24T19:36:23Z
dc.date.issued 2021-01-05
dc.description.abstract Analyzing 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.extent 10 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2021.361
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-4-0
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/70975
dc.language.iso English
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Network Analysis of Digital and Social Media
dc.subject digital literacy
dc.subject information literacy
dc.subject internet
dc.subject misinformation
dc.subject network analysis
dc.title Country Characteristics, Internet Connectivity and Combating Misinformation: A Network Analysis of Global North-South
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