APS

2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

Sharing Is Believing? Re-Assessing Misinformation Diffusion and Detection on Social Media

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Cognitive

  • Narisong Huhe
    University of Strathclyde
  • Mark Shephard
    University of Strathclyde
  • David Robertson
    University of Strathclyde
  • Tony Anderson
    University of Strathclyde

Abstract

A fast-growing literature has been devoted to studying how people assess and share fake news. Our experimental study contributes to the literature by focusing on how social media networks could intersect with psychological factors to affect people’s dissemination and diffusion of fake news.

Myths and Misinformation

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