Beyond “fake news”: Analytic thinking and the detection of false and hyperpartisan news headlines

Why is misleading partisan content believed and shared? An influential account posits that political partisanship pervasively biases reasoning, such that engaging in analytic thinking exacerbates motivated reasoning and, in turn, the acceptance of hyperpartisan content. Alternatively, it may be that...

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Main Authors: Robert M. Ross, David G. Rand, Gordon Pennycook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2021-03-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/20/200616b/jdm200616b.pdf