Credibility

And Reliability
Factors in
Information Sharing
in
Social Media
Under Presents
guidance
by:
of: Priyanka
Mohammad
Meel
Ali Sadat
 We live in 21st century, known as the world of technologies and
communications.

Day by day technology is improving, as you know the main factor of

technology is information.

Introduction
Technology is alive based on information.

Information Technology and Information System have the most

dependency on information and the social media is an example of them.

The degree of importance of information also depends on specific factors which will
be explored in this research in the future. One of the related things are medias.
Media: Print Media:
Medias are the most important tools, deal with the huge amount of information.
 Newspapers
 Magazines

Broadcast Media:
 TV
 Radio

Out Of Home (OOH):

 Famous one is Internet
(Social media)
 Social media
Social media is a group of applications based on Web 2.0 technology that
enables the creation and exchange of user generated content.

Note: When it comes to defining web 2.0. the term means such internet
applications which allow sharing and collaboration opportunities to people
and help them to express themselves online.
Social media (cont…)
Social media is using by many people among different society
for various needs such as:

Seeking information.

Interaction between people.

Send and Receive information.

Sharing information publically.

Entertainment (Passing Time)

 expressed either as
Understanding the content of a
about a specific message or through
problem by direct or indirect
doing research. observation
communication.

Information

Instructions
which are
knowledge
given by
gained
guiders or
through
instructors.
knowledge study.
gained
through
experience.
 Information (con…)
But, information in social media is internet-
based and gives users quick electronic
communication of contents.

Text

Video

• Information can have different types in

social media like video, audio, image and
text documents which is shared by social
media users.
Image

Audio
Current Problems
Doubt on
information
credibility and
reliability.

Not a single source

for showing reliability
(credibility and
Hard to find reliability of
the credibility information is
factors of mentioned into many
Users are
information papers)
careless
about the
reliability of
information
Suggested solution
Methodology
Define research
problem

Literature
review

Data collection

Analyse
collected data

Report
Conclusion
Credibility factors of information depend on reliability
of information, if the factors be identified then the
shared information is more trustable and reliable, and
there are many factors that effect on information quality,
Credibility is an important element for information in
social media, credibility and reliability factors of
information will be identified in this research.
Thanks for your
attention