Social media self-efficacy and information evaluation online

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Highlights：

• We introduce the concept of social media self-efficacy (SMSE).

• We examine this concept using survey data (N = 3568) of Internet users.

• Users with higher SMSE find online social information to be more trustworthy.

• They also use others’ opinions and social media when evaluating information.

摘要

•We introduce the concept of social media self-efficacy (SMSE).•We examine this concept using survey data (N = 3568) of Internet users.•Users with higher SMSE find online social information to be more trustworthy.•They also use others’ opinions and social media when evaluating information.

论文关键词：Social media,Self-efficacy,Information evaluation,Credibility,Internet

论文评审过程：Available online 7 August 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.020