Publications by authors named "Zeve Sanderson"
Article Synopsis
- Measuring the impact of online misinformation is hard because not everyone who sees false information believes it!
- Researchers created a new method to figure out how many people not only see misinformation but also believe it, using surveys and Twitter data!
- Their findings show that people who are more likely to believe false news often have extreme opinions and are exposed to wrong information faster, which makes it tricky to fix the problem on social media!
Considerable scholarly attention has been paid to understanding belief in online misinformation, with a particular focus on social networks. However, the dominant role of search engines in the information environment remains underexplored, even though the use of online search to evaluate the veracity of information is a central component of media literacy interventions. Although conventional wisdom suggests that searching online when evaluating misinformation would reduce belief in it, there is little empirical evidence to evaluate this claim.
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