Testing the Effect of Information on Discerning the Veracity of News in Real Time

IF 3.2 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Experimental Political Science Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI:10.1017/xps.2023.20

Kevin Aslett, Zeve Sanderson, William Godel, Nathaniel Persily, Jonathan Nagler, Richard Bonneau, Joshua A. Tucker

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Abstract

Abstract Despite broad adoption of digital media literacy interventions that provide online users with more information when consuming news, relatively little is known about the effect of this additional information on the discernment of news veracity in real time. Gaining a comprehensive understanding of how information impacts discernment of news veracity has been hindered by challenges of external and ecological validity. Using a series of pre-registered experiments, we measure this effect in real time. Access to the full article relative to solely the headline/lede and access to source information improves an individual's ability to correctly discern the veracity of news. We also find that encouraging individuals to search online increases belief in both false/misleading and true news. Taken together, we provide a generalizable method for measuring the effect of information on news discernment, as well as crucial evidence for practitioners developing strategies for improving the public's digital media literacy.

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测试信息对实时新闻真实性识别的作用

尽管数字媒体素养干预措施被广泛采用，为在线用户在消费新闻时提供更多信息，但人们对这些额外信息对实时新闻真实性识别的影响知之甚少。外界有效性和生态有效性的挑战阻碍了对信息如何影响新闻真实性识别的全面理解。通过一系列预先注册的实验，我们实时测量了这种效应。阅读全文，而不是只看标题或导语，以及阅读源信息，可以提高个人正确辨别新闻真实性的能力。我们还发现，鼓励人们在网上搜索会增加人们对虚假/误导性新闻和真实新闻的信任度。综上所述，我们为衡量信息对新闻识别的影响提供了一种可推广的方法，并为从业者制定提高公众数字媒体素养的策略提供了关键证据。

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Journal of Experimental Political Science Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

8.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： The Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS) features cutting-edge research that utilizes experimental methods or experimental reasoning based on naturally occurring data. We define experimental methods broadly: research featuring random (or quasi-random) assignment of subjects to different treatments in an effort to isolate causal relationships in the sphere of politics. JEPS embraces all of the different types of experiments carried out as part of political science research, including survey experiments, laboratory experiments, field experiments, lab experiments in the field, natural and neurological experiments. We invite authors to submit concise articles (around 4000 words or fewer) that immediately address the subject of the research. We do not require lengthy explanations regarding and justifications of the experimental method. Nor do we expect extensive literature reviews of pros and cons of the methodological approaches involved in the experiment unless the goal of the article is to explore these methodological issues. We expect readers to be familiar with experimental methods and therefore to not need pages of literature reviews to be convinced that experimental methods are a legitimate methodological approach. We will consider longer articles in rare, but appropriate cases, as in the following examples: when a new experimental method or approach is being introduced and discussed or when novel theoretical results are being evaluated through experimentation. Finally, we strongly encourage authors to submit manuscripts that showcase informative null findings or inconsistent results from well-designed, executed, and analyzed experiments.