期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2020
卷号：10
期号：11
页码：516-526
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i11/8118
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：The society seems very hard to choose authentic and usable information with the right sources. It is maybe due to not knowing in determining precise and accurate information. The purpose of the study is to develop a model of online information credibility, which will provide the society with a guide to evaluation criteria to judge the credibility of online information use in their daily lives. The outcome also will able to facilitate government to educate society on how to use the information ethically to prevent misuse and misinterpret information that might affect national security. This paper postulated two objectives: i) to identify the evaluation criteria to justify the credibility of online information that able to provide trust among society in Malaysia (ii) to establish a framework on online information credibility among teenagers. Consequently, the study pursues to extend establish the theory by forming a model consisting variables which focus on young people’s (a) social interaction, (b) cognitive status, and (c) identify/value negotiation and information creation during their contact with information. The proposed study adopted The Radical Change theory yielded a new model that will help understand youth information-related activities as a whole and their interrelationships. This study not just focus of personal routines or search sessions isolated from the context, but also to come out with a guide to help youth in choosing authentic and credible information.
