Как студентите по журналистика разпознават "фалшивите новини" - изследване на критериите, прилагани от студентите, за оценка на онлайн информация
How journalism students identify 'false news' - a study of the student's criteria for online information assessment

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of a study conducted with second-year journalism students at the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" in 2020. The study aims to establish what "fake news" means according to the students. More importantly, it presents a set of criteria applied by the students to evaluate the information as "fake". The results fit into the picture outlined by some significant research projects on the topic: the sensationalist approach of the media is among the most common reasons for a news item to be defined as "fake", even when the information presented is correct; for a significant part of the students, personal opinion and even, sense of truth or untruth is a criterion for evaluating information; students stay within the specific text or website they need to assess rather than seek additional information online about the facts presented or the source itself; the accuracy of the facts appears to be the leading criterion in information`s reliability evaluation. Based on the results, we discuss the potential of journalism education and, more broadly, media literacy training to improve the young people`s skills to evaluate information in a digital environment.

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