The role of narcissism and motivated reasoning on misinformation propagation

BackgroundExplanations for why social media users propagate misinformation include failure of classical reasoning (over-reliance on intuitive heuristics), motivated reasoning (conforming to group opinion), and personality traits (e.g., narcissism). However, there is a lack of consensus on which expl...

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Main Authors: Michael Robert Haupt, Raphael Cuomo, Tim K. Mackey, Seana Coulson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1472631/full