The Effects of Misinformation Identification in the Computer-mediated Communication Through Media Literacy Intervention

Abstract

Computer-mediated communication is an integral form of recent communication that allows people to gain information quickly and improve the engagement of information. However, computer-mediated communication also provides a medium for misinformation production and dissemination, which is caused by the need for a fact-checking mechanism, the distribution mechanism of systems, and the difference in the media literacy level of participants. Therefore, this study aims to explore misinformation identification's effect in computer-mediated communication's computer programming section by evaluating and analysing past research to enhance the misinformation research view. Media literacy intervention as a tool to improve the personal capacity for misinformation identification. Results have shown that the capacity of misinformation identification can work in the computer programming section to enhance the fact-checking system and improve the accuracy of information resources, content, and interactions in computer-mediated communication.