Out-group animosity drives engagement on social media

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 118(26)

Опубликована: Июнь 23, 2021

Significance Almost four billion people around the world now use social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, is one of primary ways access news or receive communications from politicians. However, may be creating perverse incentives for divisive content because this particularly likely to go “viral.” We report evidence that posts about political opponents are substantially more shared on out-group effect much stronger than other established predictors sharing, emotional language. These findings contribute scholarly debates role in polarization can inform solutions healthier environments.

Язык: Английский

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Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public

Nature Medicine, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 28(3), С. 460 - 467

Опубликована: Март 1, 2022

Язык: Английский

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A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

Nature Human Behaviour, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 7(1), С. 74 - 101

Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2022

Abstract One of today’s most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake digital media causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted systematic review causal correlational evidence ( N = 496 articles) on link between use different political variables. Some associations, such as increasing participation information consumption, are likely be beneficial for democracy were often observed autocracies emerging democracies. Other declining trust, populism growing polarization, detrimental more pronounced established While impact systems depends specific variable system question, several variables show clear directions associations. The calls research efforts vigilance by governments civil societies better understand, design regulate interplay

Язык: Английский

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Why do so few people share fake news? It hurts their reputation

New Media & Society, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 24(6), С. 1303 - 1324

Опубликована: Ноя. 24, 2020

In spite of the attractiveness fake news stories, most people are reluctant to share them. Why? Four pre-registered experiments ( N = 3,656) suggest that sharing hurt one’s reputation in a way is difficult fix, even for politically congruent news. The decrease trust source (media outlet or individual) suffers when one story against background real larger than increase enjoys A comparison with real-world media outlets showed only sources no at all had similar ratings mainstream media. Finally, we found majority declare they would have be paid news, congruent, and more so their stake.

Язык: Английский

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Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents

Nature Human Behaviour, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 7(9), С. 1502 - 1513

Опубликована: Июнь 29, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Spread of misinformation on social media: What contributes to it and how to combat it

Computers in Human Behavior, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 141, С. 107643 - 107643

Опубликована: Дек. 28, 2022

Язык: Английский

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State of the world 2021: autocratization changing its nature?

Democratization, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 29(6), С. 983 - 1013

Опубликована: Май 23, 2022

This article analyses the state of democracy around world in 2021. The level enjoyed by average global citizen 2021 was down to 1989 levels. In 2021, autocracies were on rise, harbouring 70% population, or 5.4 billion people. There also a record number countries autocratizing 2021: 33 countries, home 36% population. recent years, EU seems be facing its own wave autocratization, with 20% members over last decade. addition continued downturn democracy, this documents several signs that autocratization is changing nature. Polarization increased substantially and significantly 40 between 2011 our analysis indicates polarization increasingly damages especially recently under anti-pluralist governments. Over past decade, data shows autocratic governments more frequently used misinformation shape domestic international opinion. Finally, five military coups one self-coup, featured an unprecedented increase for century. These contributed uptick closed seem signal shift toward emboldened actors.

Язык: Английский

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Research note: Fighting misinformation or fighting for information?

Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2022

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.

Язык: Английский

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Sharing of misinformation is habitual, not just lazy or biased

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 120(4)

Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2023

Why do people share misinformation on social media? In this research (N = 2,476), we show that the structure of online sharing built into platforms is more important than individual deficits in critical reasoning and partisan bias-commonly cited drivers misinformation. Due to reward-based learning systems media, users form habits information attracts others' attention. Once form, automatically activated by cues platform without considering response outcomes such as spreading As a result user habits, 30 40% false news shared our was due 15% most habitual sharers. Suggesting part broader pattern established media platforms, also challenged their own political beliefs. Finally, not an inevitable consequence habits: Social sites could be restructured build accurate information.

Язык: Английский

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Hate Trumps Love: The Impact of Political Polarization on Social Preferences

Management Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 70(1), С. 1 - 31

Опубликована: Фев. 24, 2023

Exhibiting altruism toward and cooperativeness with others is a key ingredient for successful work relationships managerial decision making. Rising political polarization creates hazard because it ruptures this fabric impedes the interaction of employees, especially across isles. This paper’s focus to examine various behavioral-, belief-, norm-based layers (non)strategic making that are plausibly affected by polarization. I quantify phenomenon via five preregistered studies in context Donald J. Trump, comprising 15 well-powered behavioral experiments diverse set over 8,600 participants. To capture pervasiveness polarization, contrast findings nonpolitical identities. Overall, consistently document strong heterogeneous effects: ingroup-love occurs perceptional domain (how close one feels others), whereas outgroup-hate helps/harms/cooperates others). The rich setting also enables me mechanisms observed intergroup conflict, which can be attributed one’s grim expectations regarding opposing faction, rather than actual unwillingness cooperate. For first time, paper tests whether popular interventions (defaults norm-nudges) reduce detrimental impact contexts studied here. tested improve prosociality but ineffective closing gap. was accepted Yan Chen, economics analysis. Funding: supported Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [Grant EXC 2126/1– 390838866]. Supplemental Material: Data online appendix available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4701 .

Язык: Английский

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