📜 Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents
🧑🔬 Antonio A. Arechar, Gordon Pennycook & David G. Rand et al.
📔 Nature Human Behaviour
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Know that influential finding that more numerate ppl are more politically biased?
We did NOT replicate it in large probability sample
Across 5 issues, more numeracy = more correct ans
Tho political alignment DID have main effect (controlling for priors)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New Epstein, Arechar, and Rand testing perceptions of different labels for AI-generated content
psyarxiv.com/v4mfz
Figure 3: Consistent cross-cultural evidence that truth discernment is associated with analytic thinking, accuracy motivations and ideology
Cross-country misinformation accuracy and sharing
Misinformation accuracy
Figure 6: Ratings from even small groups of laypeople can reliably distinguish true from false headlines
Who falls for misinformation around the globe?
Individuals with high analytic cognitive style, accuracy motivations, and valuing of democracy are better at discerning misinformation from true claims. Really fascinating paper that looks at 16 countries across 6 continents.
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