APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Adeptness of Detection of Real from Fake News Headlines
- Jody Thompson
University of South Carolina Beaufort - Jourdan Denne
University of South Carolina Beaufort
Abstract
The current studies sought to find if individuals are adept at being able to detect real news headlines from fake news headlines when shown either a fact based headlines or attention grabbing headlines. Individuals identifying as a conservative lean had more detection errors than those identifying as a liberal lean.
Judgment and Decision Making
