Major social media and technology companies continue to make algorithmic, user interface, and policy changes to their products to address information integrity challenges on their platforms.
by Denise-Marie Ordway, The Journalist s Resource
March 17, 2021
Why do Americans share so much fake news? One big reason is they aren’t paying attention, new research suggests
by Denise-Marie Ordway, The Journalist s Resource March 17, 2021
Many Americans share fake news on social media because they’re simply not paying attention to whether the content is accurate not necessarily because they can’t tell real from made-up news, a new study in Nature suggests.
Lack of attention was the driving factor behind 51.2% of misinformation sharing among social media users who participated in an experiment conducted by a group of researchers from MIT, the University of Regina in Canada, University of Exeter Business School in the United Kingdom and Center for Research and Teaching in Economics in Mexico. The results of a second, related experiment indicate a simple intervention prompting social media users to think about news accuracy before posting and interacting with content