Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
381(6656), P. 404 - 408
Published: July 27, 2023
We
studied
the
effects
of
exposure
to
reshared
content
on
Facebook
during
2020
US
election
by
assigning
a
random
set
consenting,
US-based
users
feeds
that
did
not
contain
any
reshares
over
3-month
period.
find
removing
substantially
decreases
amount
political
news,
including
from
untrustworthy
sources,
which
are
exposed;
overall
clicks
and
reactions;
reduces
partisan
news
clicks.
Further,
we
observe
produces
clear
in
knowledge
within
sample,
although
there
is
some
uncertainty
about
how
this
would
generalize
all
users.
Contrary
expectations,
treatment
does
significantly
affect
polarization
or
measure
individual-level
attitudes.
A
wealth
of
interventions
have
been
devised
to
reduce
belief
in
fake
news
or
the
tendency
share
such
news.
By
contrast,
aimed
at
increasing
trust
reliable
sources
received
less
attention.
In
this
article
we
show
that,
given
very
limited
prevalence
misinformation
(including
news),
reducing
acceptance
spread
are
bound
small
effects
on
overall
quality
information
environment,
especially
compared
sources.
To
make
argument,
simulate
effect
that
a
global
score,
which
increases
when
people
accept
and
decreases
misinformation.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(1)
Published: May 16, 2022
Misinformation
about
the
COVID-19
pandemic
proliferated
widely
on
social
media
platforms
during
course
of
health
crisis.
Experts
have
speculated
that
consuming
misinformation
online
can
potentially
worsen
mental
individuals,
by
causing
heightened
anxiety,
stress,
and
even
suicidal
ideation.
The
present
study
aims
to
quantify
causal
relationship
between
sharing
misinformation,
a
strong
indicator
experiencing
exacerbated
anxiety.
We
conduct
large-scale
observational
spanning
over
80
million
Twitter
posts
made
76,985
users
an
18.5
month
period.
results
from
this
demonstrate
who
shared
experienced
approximately
two
times
additional
increase
in
anxiety
when
compared
similar
did
not
share
misinformation.
Socio-demographic
analysis
reveals
women,
racial
minorities,
individuals
with
lower
levels
education
United
States
disproportionately
higher
other
users.
These
findings
shed
light
costs
work
bears
practical
implications
for
curbing
adverse
psychological
impacts
while
also
upholding
ethos
public
sphere.
Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
381(6656), P. 404 - 408
Published: July 27, 2023
We
studied
the
effects
of
exposure
to
reshared
content
on
Facebook
during
2020
US
election
by
assigning
a
random
set
consenting,
US-based
users
feeds
that
did
not
contain
any
reshares
over
3-month
period.
find
removing
substantially
decreases
amount
political
news,
including
from
untrustworthy
sources,
which
are
exposed;
overall
clicks
and
reactions;
reduces
partisan
news
clicks.
Further,
we
observe
produces
clear
in
knowledge
within
sample,
although
there
is
some
uncertainty
about
how
this
would
generalize
all
users.
Contrary
expectations,
treatment
does
significantly
affect
polarization
or
measure
individual-level
attitudes.
