Who Falls for Misinformation and Why? DOI
Tyler J. Hubeny, Lea S. Nahon, Nyx L. Ng

и другие.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 31, 2025

Misinformation is widespread, but only some people accept the false information they encounter. This raises two questions: Who falls for misinformation, and why do fall misinformation? To address these questions, studies investigated associations between 15 individual-difference dimensions judgments of misinformation as true. Using Signal Detection Theory, further whether obtained are driven by individual differences in truth sensitivity, acceptance threshold, or myside bias. For both political (Study 1) about COVID-19 vaccines 2), sensitivity was positively associated with cognitive reflection actively open-minded thinking, negatively bullshit receptivity conspiracy mentality. Although threshold bias explained considerable variance true, neither showed robust measured dimensions. The findings provide deeper insights into susceptibility uncover critical gaps their scientific understanding.

Язык: Английский

Who Falls for Misinformation and Why? DOI
Tyler J. Hubeny, Lea S. Nahon, Nyx L. Ng

и другие.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 31, 2025

Misinformation is widespread, but only some people accept the false information they encounter. This raises two questions: Who falls for misinformation, and why do fall misinformation? To address these questions, studies investigated associations between 15 individual-difference dimensions judgments of misinformation as true. Using Signal Detection Theory, further whether obtained are driven by individual differences in truth sensitivity, acceptance threshold, or myside bias. For both political (Study 1) about COVID-19 vaccines 2), sensitivity was positively associated with cognitive reflection actively open-minded thinking, negatively bullshit receptivity conspiracy mentality. Although threshold bias explained considerable variance true, neither showed robust measured dimensions. The findings provide deeper insights into susceptibility uncover critical gaps their scientific understanding.

Язык: Английский

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