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Trovärdig nyhetskonsumtion på Instagram; Influencers påverkan på unga vuxna
Malmö University, Faculty of Technology and Society (TS), Department of Computer Science and Media Technology (DVMT).
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 180 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Trustworthy news consumption on Instagram; Influencers impact on young adults (English)
Abstract [en]

This study examined the topic of growing news consumption on Instagram and the impact that could have on the spread of misinformation. The purpose was to establish if there was an issue with news being mixed into a platform with Swedish influencers. Furthermore, the study aimed to examine whether young adults were faced with risks when consuming news on Instagram. 

An experiment was conducted in order to research if influencers liking posts were able to further mislead young adults. The experiment occurred in a web survey where 196 respondents participated. Respondents were exposed to a fabricated health related news post about vaccinating against covid-19. Comparing the result of those who saw the stimuli and those who only saw the unliked news post, resulted in indications that influencers were able to further mislead young adults. Spearmans rank correlation showed a significant correlation, 0.289**, between source-credibility and message-credibility. The influencers did not need to have an expertise in the area of health. Nonetheless, they could still increase the trustworthiness to health-related news by approximately 29% as indicated by the results. In order to protect young adults from misleading news, Instagram needs to separate influencers from public health news. In addition, influencers need to be informed that their social media post interactions could produce consequences. Further research could be qualitative, finding out reasons behind the social validation. Furthermore, future research could categorize the influencers investigated.

Abstract [sv]

Denna studie undersökte den växande nyhetskonsumtionen på Instagram och påverkan förändringen kan ha på spridningen av falska nyheter. Syftet var att upptäcka eventuell problematik när nyheter integreras på en plattform med svenska influencers. Dessutom ämnade studien att undersöka unga vuxnas potentiella risker när de konsumerade nyheter på Instagram.

Ett experiment genomfördes för att undersöka huruvida influencers kunde gillade-markera nyhetsinlägg på Instagram och ytterligare missleda unga vuxna. Experimentet genomfördes i en webbenkät där 196 respondenter deltog. Respondenterna tog del av ett fabricerat hälsorelaterat nyhetsinlägg om vaccinering mot covid-19. Genom att jämföra resultatet av dem som fick ta del av stimuli och de som endast såg det ogillade nyhetsinlägget påvisades indikationer på att influencers kunde missleda unga vuxna ytterligare. Spearmans rangkorrelation visade en signifikant korrelation på 0,289** mellan informants-tillförlitlighet och informations-tillförlitlighet. Influencerna visade sig inte behöva en expertis inom hälsa och vård. Resultatet indikerade att de ändå kunde öka tilliten till en hälsorelaterad nyhet med ungefär 29%. För att motarbeta unga vuxnas missledning bör Instagram särskilja influencers från nyhetsinlägg. Dessutom bör influencers informeras om hur deras interaktioner med inlägg på sociala medier kan ge konsekvenser. Vidare forskning kan vara kvalitativ och redogöra för anledningar till den erhållna sociala bekräftelsen. Dessutom kan framtida forskning kategorisera de undersökta influencerna.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 62
Keywords [en]
Social media, Instagram, news, news consumption, young adults, trustworthiness, fake news
Keywords [sv]
Sociala medier, Instagram, nyheter, nyhetskonsumtion, unga vuxna, tillförlitlighet
National Category
Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-44530OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-44530DiVA, id: diva2:1578175
Educational program
TS Medieproduktion och processdesign
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2021-06-03, Digitalt, 17:04 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2021-07-07 Created: 2021-07-05 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

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