“Our belief in free will is ultimately a reason so many of us back democracy in the first place. Denying it can arguably be more damaging than a few fake news posts lurking on social media.”
“The reason I have to have undercover voters is because social media sites won’t — and to some extent, can’t — tell you exactly what they’re recommending every single voter.”
Results from a recent YouGov survey using the MIST suggest that younger Americans do a worse job than older Americans distinguishing real news from fake news.
Stephan Lewandowsky and Jana LasserSeptember 22, 2022
“We also found systematic differences between the parties in the U.S., where Republican politicians were found to share untrustworthy websites more than nine times as often as Democratic politicians.”
Lewandowsky, Stephan. "U.S. politicians tweet much more misinformation than those in the U.K. and Germany." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 Sep. 2022. Web. 25 Dec. 2024.
APA
Lewandowsky, S. (2022, Sep. 22). U.S. politicians tweet much more misinformation than those in the U.K. and Germany. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/09/u-s-politicians-tweet-much-more-misinformation-than-those-in-the-u-k-and-germany/
Chicago
Lewandowsky, Stephan. "U.S. politicians tweet much more misinformation than those in the U.K. and Germany." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 22, 2022. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/09/u-s-politicians-tweet-much-more-misinformation-than-those-in-the-u-k-and-germany/.
Wikipedia
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