Table 4.

Social media trust and perceived validity of posts

Category	Factor	Frequency	Percent
Generally speaking, would you say that most social media posts can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with them?	Most social media posts can be trusted	47	10.7
	Can’t be too careful	393	89.3
Would you say that most of the time, people sharing social media posts try to be helpful, or that they are mostly just looking out for themselves?	Try to be helpful	273	62
	Look out for themselves	167	38
Do you think that most people sharing posts online would try to mislead you if they got the chance or would they try to be honest?	Mislead me	147	33.4
	Try to be honest	293	66.6
Which one of these actions would you likely do when you see such post?	Share the post	17	3.9
	Comment the post	8	1.8
	Like the post	76	17.3
	Dislike the post	5	1.1
	Click to read more	201	45.7
	Ignore the post	133	30.2
What is your perceived validity of the post?	I believe it	31	7
	I don't believe it	32	7.3
	I am not sure	335	76.1
	I don't care if it is true or not true	42	9.5