Highly impulsive people who lean conservative are more likely to share false news stories. They have a desire to create chaos and won’t be deterred by fact-checkers.
“Some participants even developed false memories about the fake stories they had read…’Remembering’ previously hearing a fake COVID-19 story seemed to make some people in our study more likely to act in a certain way.”
Plus: “Partisanship turned out to be the strongest predictor of Americans’ knowledge, even surpassing education,” and how local news organizations fought Covid-19 misinformation in their communities.
Americans who share fake news on social media might not lack media literacy skills. Chances are they don’t stop to check accuracy, a new study suggests.
By arguing with a message, you are spreading it further. This matters, because if more people see it, or see it more often, it will have an even greater effect.
Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Mike Lee says fact-checking is a form of censorship, and Wikipedia explains how it plans to fight Election Day misinformation.
The far-right site The Gateway Pundit was by far was the most-shared fake news domain; in some months, its stories were shared almost as often as stories from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN.
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Facebook has been terrible about removing vaccine misinformation. Will it do better with election misinformation?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 4 Sep. 2020. Web. 6 Dec. 2023.
APA
Owen, L. (2020, Sep. 4). Facebook has been terrible about removing vaccine misinformation. Will it do better with election misinformation?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 6, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/09/facebook-has-been-terrible-about-removing-vaccine-misinformation-will-it-do-better-with-election-misinformation/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Facebook has been terrible about removing vaccine misinformation. Will it do better with election misinformation?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 4, 2020. Accessed December 6, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/09/facebook-has-been-terrible-about-removing-vaccine-misinformation-will-it-do-better-with-election-misinformation/.
Wikipedia
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