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sources, how could we tell truth from error? Or, in a more sinister vein, honest research from manipulation?
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Procedural news knowledge was the only factor that was positively associated with a higher fraction of shared content that was true.
Study: Digital literacy doesn’t stop the spread of misinformation | MIT Sloan
when people place value on the role of evidence as a means of updating their beliefs, they are less likely to believe misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Dannagal Goldthwaite Young • Wrong
A deep learning model they built to analyze the queries suggested that the warnings should have appeared between 29 and 58 times as often as they did in practice. For motivated conspiracy peddlers, they were easy to evade: just adding quotation marks or a single letter to a query was typically enough to make the banner disappear.
Google gives up on data voids
Expert Insight: Media literacy experts stress the significance of triangulating information, especially in the era of misinformation.