The relation between authoritarian leadership and belief in fake news
Abstract Individual factors such as cognitive capacities matter when one is requested to spot fake news. We suggest, however, that social influence—specifically as exercised by an authoritarian leader—might matter more if one is expected to agree with the fake news. We developed a single-item protot...
Main Authors: | Juan Ospina, Gábor Orosz, Steven Spencer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39807-x |
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