Reliance on emotion promotes belief in fake news
What is the role of emotion in susceptibility to believing fake news? Prior work on the psychology of misinformation has focused primarily on the extent to which reason and deliberation hinder versus help the formation of accurate beliefs. Several studies have suggested that people who engage in mor...
Main Authors: | Martel, Cameron, Pennycook, Gordon, Rand, David Gertler |
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Other Authors: | Sloan School of Management |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2020
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128374 |
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