Social Media as a News Source: An Analysis of Facebook

Abstract

Given study “Facebook as a News Source: An Analysis” examines the role of Facebook as a source of information and news for new generation as most of the consumers are relying on social media for getting news. Keeping in view the above topic, the researcher explored in depth use of social media, especially Facebook as a source of news and how it shapes the opinion by providing easy access to the masses. The purpose of the study was to examine Facebook as a news source, and to investigate what users do to evaluate the trustworthiness of the information provided by Facebook. The research method used in the study is survey method, and the questionnaire comprised of close ended questions. The universe of the present research is users of facebook. Sample size was 100 and the respondents’ data was further examined with the help of SPSS and the results were generated in tables and pie charts.