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Why do we fall for fake news?
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fake news wouldn’t be a problem if people didn’t fall for it and share it. Unless we understand the psychology of online news consumption, we won’t be able to find a cure... online news readers don’t ... care about the importance of journalistic sourcing ... “professional gatekeeping.”...
I mocked up a news site and showed four groups of participants the same articles... when a story was attributed to other users, participants actually liked reading it more. And when news editors had selected a story, participants thought the quality was worse ... Even the computer as the gatekeeper scored better on story quality than news editors... we tend to trust our friends, our cognitive filters weaken...
we let our guard down even more when we encounter news in our personal space... participants who had customized their news portal were less likely to scrutinize the fake news and more likely to believe it.
I mocked up a news site and showed four groups of participants the same articles... when a story was attributed to other users, participants actually liked reading it more. And when news editors had selected a story, participants thought the quality was worse ... Even the computer as the gatekeeper scored better on story quality than news editors... we tend to trust our friends, our cognitive filters weaken...
we let our guard down even more when we encounter news in our personal space... participants who had customized their news portal were less likely to scrutinize the fake news and more likely to believe it.
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