ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
People Are Blind to Their Biases in Evaluating Fake News
- Dustin Calvillo
California State University, San Marcos - Abraham Rutchick
California State University, Northridge
Abstract
Two experiments examined participants’ perceived bias in judgments of headlines in themselves and in others. Participants were biased in judging the truth of headlines, believing ideologically consistent headlines more than inconsistent headlines. Further, they judged that they were less biased than other participants, particularly those from another political party.
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