Sharing is believing: reassessing misinformation diffusion on social media

Narisong Huhe; Mark Peter Shephard; D.J.  Robertson; Tony Anderson

Sharing is believing: reassessing misinformation diffusion on social media

Narisong Huhe, Mark Peter Shephard, D.J. Robertson, Tony Anderson

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Abstract

A fast-growing literature has been devoted to studying how people assess and
share fake news. Our experimental study contributes to the literature by
focusing on how social media networks could intersect with psychological
factors to affect people’s dissemination and diffusion of fake news.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 25 May 2022
Event	Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention 2022 - Chicago, Chicago, United States Duration: 25 May 2022 → 29 May 2022 https://www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/2022-aps-annual-convention

Conference

Conference	Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	25/05/22 → 29/05/22
Internet address	https://www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/2022-aps-annual-convention

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

fake news
sharing behaviour
individual differences
social networks
information diffusion
social media
psychological science
political science

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Sharing is believing: reassessing misinformation diffusion on social media

Abstract

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UN SDGs

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