Audiences’ acts of authentication in the age of fake news: A conceptual framework

By Edson C. Tandoc, Richard Ling, O. Westlund, A. Duffy, Debbie Goh, Lim Zheng Wei. New Media & Society, 2018

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The Issue Takes It All? (2019, background): “…whether and how SNS users authenticate (problematic) news content they encounter in their feeds (for a conceptual framework detailing authentication acts see Tandoc Jr. et al. 2017), is crucial to draw a firm conclusion on both possible positive and detrimental effects of incidental news exposure.”
Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study (2020, background): “For example, when individuals cannot verify information on social media based on their own judgment and knowledge, they seek out information from their social circle and other sources to authenticate (Tandoc et al., 2017).”
When Do Audiences Verify? How Perceptions About Message and Source Influence Audience Verification of News Headlines (2020, background): “In line with the normative promise of verification, one expectation is that audiences verify more when they are uncertain about the veracity of the information presented, a process they self-report in Tandoc et al. (2017).”