Table 3.

The core elements of social representations for the block “criteria for the identification of the reliability of information in mass media”.

Statements	Generation Z (CPA)a	Millennials (CPA)	“Reformists” (CPA)
Statements included in the cores of all generations
An important criterion for the reliability of the news is the evidence (links, quotes, photos, videos)	90.2	90.3	80.5
To assess the reliability of the news, I check the news using several sources	86.2	83.1	87.8
To define the reliability of the news, I go to the original source, the official source	85.4	85.1	85.4
The reputation and authority of the news source is an important criterion for me	77.2	87.0	81.3
I rely on my own understanding of the situation, on what I already know about the situation, when I define the reliability of the news	83.7	83.8	84.6

Note. ^aCPA= the coefficient of positive answers by J.Abric.