Fake news on you, Not me: The Third-Person Effects of Fake News in South Korea

Yoo, Joseph; Kim, Daekyung; Kim, Wi-Geun

doi:10.1080/08824096.2022.2054790

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“…In line with previous findings in the literature on the third-person effect of misinformation (Corbu et al, 2020;Jang & Kim, 2018;Ştefăniţă et al, 2018;Yoo et al, 2022) we found clear evidence that people think that others, and in particular distant others, are more vulnerable to misinformation than themselves. In our experiments, 77% of participants believed that people in general were more vulnerable to misinformation than themselves, and only 18% believed that they were more vulnerable to misinformation than people in general.…”

Section: Perceived Danger Of Misinformationsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…On one hand, we may believe that everyone, including ourselves, is generally gullible (H4 below). On the other hand, we may believe that other people are more gullible than we are (H5 below, see also "third-person effect", Jang & Kim, 2018;Ştefăniţă et al, 2018;Yoo et al, 2022), that is, that others are more easily swayed and manipulated than we are (in particular by false information). The third-person effect stems from a general tendency to downplay one's susceptibility to socially undesirable messages and overstate others' receptivity to socially desirable messages (Gunther, 1995).…”

Section: Overestimation Of Gullibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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People believe misinformation is a threat because they assume others are gullible

Altay

Acerbi

2023

New Media & Society

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Alarmist narratives about the flow of misinformation and its negative consequences have gained traction in recent years. If these fears are to some extent warranted, the scientific literature suggests that many of them are exaggerated. Why are people so worried about misinformation? In two pre-registered surveys conducted in the United Kingdom ( Nstudy_1 = 300, Nstudy_2 = 300) and replicated in the United States ( Nstudy_1 = 302, Nstudy_2 = 299), we investigated the psychological factors associated with perceived danger of misinformation and how it contributes to the popularity of alarmist narratives on misinformation. We find that the strongest, and most reliable, predictor of perceived danger of misinformation is the third-person effect (i.e. the perception that others are more vulnerable to misinformation than the self) and, in particular, the belief that “distant” others (as opposed to family and friends) are vulnerable to misinformation. The belief that societal problems have simple solutions and clear causes was consistently, but weakly, associated with perceived danger of online misinformation. Other factors, like negative attitudes toward new technologies and higher sensitivity to threats, were inconsistently, and weakly, associated with perceived danger of online misinformation. Finally, we found that participants who report being more worried about misinformation are more willing to like and share alarmist narratives on misinformation. Our findings suggest that fears about misinformation tap into our tendency to view other people as gullible.

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Section: Perceived Danger Of Misinformationsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Overestimation Of Gullibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

People believe misinformation is a threat because they assume others are gullible

Altay

Acerbi

2023

New Media & Society

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“…For instance, inaccuracy in important beliefs has been particularly highlighted by the widespread consumption of fake news during the 2016 US Presidential Election and during the Brexit-vote in the United Kingdom. Recent studies showed that, when it comes to misinformation and fake news shared on social media, people believe that they are less gullible than others (Jang & Kim, 2018;Ştefăniţă et al, 2018;Yoo et al, 2022). Similarly, the present studies offer further support to this idea by examining whether people make different predictions on the impact of another contextual variable that has reliably been shown to bias truth judgments, that is, repetition.…”

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People underestimate the influence of repetition on truth judgments (and more so for themselves than for others)

Mattavelli¹,

Béna²,

Corneille³

et al. 2023

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People judge repeated statements as more true than new statements: a truth effect. In three preregistered experiments (N = 463), we examined whether people predict others’ truth judgments to be more biased by repetition than their own: a bias blind spot for the truth effect. In Experiment 1, using uncertain but moderately plausible statements, participants predicted repetition to increase truth judgments in general. There was no significant difference between predictions for the self and others. Experiment 2 used implausible statements and found a significant bias blind spot: participants predicted a larger effect of repetition for others than for themselves. Experiment 3 considered again moderately plausible statements, but this time in a larger sample of participants. Critically, we compared actual performance after a two-day delay with participants’ predictions for the self and others. This experiment replicated the bias blind spot. Importantly, participants underestimated the magnitude of the truth effect. Finally, predictions and actual truth effect scores were not significantly related to each other. Overall, the results highlight that although people assume repetition to influence their truth judgments, they generally underestimate the effect’s magnitude, particularly for themselves.

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“…Fake News is one of the greatest risks derived from the misuse of ICTs 34 . Current times, clearly influenced by technology, are showing that access to information is becoming such a democratized habit that it can be altered for personal purposes 35 .…”

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Fake News as the axis of contemporary Higher Education

Ostáriz¹,

Costa²,

Schultis³

2022

Kul Przem Edu

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New digital trends are generating new habits in society. The democratization of mobile devices, such as smartphones, has caused a new paradigm in areas such as access to information and the skills necessary to be an active part of society. The end of this revolution is still impossible to define, however, there are already numerous customs that have been displaced towards virtual contexts. The latest generations are verifying how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are the axis of daily processes, one of them being access to information. During the last decades, the change regarding the consumption of information, as well as entertainment, has become evident, with a clear conversion towards fast and digital reading content. A situation which repercussions are manifested transversally in society, from those generations that have grown up with physical newspapers to the most recent ones and who find non-daily news obsolete. Its impact in the educational field is reflected when considering the personal development of students and their preparation for the 21st century. It is a context in which digital skills are no longer complementary but necessary, from the personal sphere to the professional through the social. Training requirements are reflected in institutions such as higher education, both university, and professional training.

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Fake news on you, Not me: The Third-Person Effects of Fake News in South Korea

Cited by 12 publications

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People believe misinformation is a threat because they assume others are gullible

People believe misinformation is a threat because they assume others are gullible

People underestimate the influence of repetition on truth judgments (and more so for themselves than for others)

Fake News as the axis of contemporary Higher Education

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