One Quick And Easy Way to Beat Fake News...
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:57 pm
Make the official messaging so confusing fake news pales in comparison.
The non-peer reviewed study is published on the LSE blog and has a write-up in The Conversation where the authors report that,
The non-peer reviewed study is published on the LSE blog and has a write-up in The Conversation where the authors report that,
.. our six-week diary study of news audiences between April 16 and May 27 found that the vast majority of our panel of 200 participants could easily spot fake news.
...it wasn’t fake news being peddled on social media or conspiracy websites that was of most concern. When we asked them about what false or misleading information about COVID-19 they had encountered, many instead referenced examples of what they saw as government or media misinformation...
Our research suggests broadcasters may have helped people become fairly confident in spotting egregious examples of fake news. But many participants were confused by more routine political decisions, most strikingly the lockdown measures that can affect people in England differently to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.