Alvin Zhou
@alvinyxz.bsky.social
Computational ∪ Strategic Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota
This finding has implications for how we think about misinformation interventions.
If those who are exposed to misinformation "already know better", maybe our solution should look past psychological processes or individual skills.
If those who are exposed to misinformation "already know better", maybe our solution should look past psychological processes or individual skills.
September 27, 2023 at 9:46 PM
This finding has implications for how we think about misinformation interventions.
If those who are exposed to misinformation "already know better", maybe our solution should look past psychological processes or individual skills.
If those who are exposed to misinformation "already know better", maybe our solution should look past psychological processes or individual skills.
Our panel tracked N ≈ 140,000 individuals in the United States for 12 months, so we can also do intra-person analyses (fixed-effects).
The puzzle holds: if my news diet becomes more ideologically diverse next month, I am more likely to get exposed to unreliable content.
The puzzle holds: if my news diet becomes more ideologically diverse next month, I am more likely to get exposed to unreliable content.
September 27, 2023 at 9:45 PM
Our panel tracked N ≈ 140,000 individuals in the United States for 12 months, so we can also do intra-person analyses (fixed-effects).
The puzzle holds: if my news diet becomes more ideologically diverse next month, I am more likely to get exposed to unreliable content.
The puzzle holds: if my news diet becomes more ideologically diverse next month, I am more likely to get exposed to unreliable content.
In fact, the ideological diversity of news diet predicts misinformation exposure as strongly as "age 55+" and partisan leaning (@andyguess.com)
We quantify ideological diversity using "ideological distance" which measures the average pairwise distances between news pages.
We quantify ideological diversity using "ideological distance" which measures the average pairwise distances between news pages.
September 27, 2023 at 9:45 PM
In fact, the ideological diversity of news diet predicts misinformation exposure as strongly as "age 55+" and partisan leaning (@andyguess.com)
We quantify ideological diversity using "ideological distance" which measures the average pairwise distances between news pages.
We quantify ideological diversity using "ideological distance" which measures the average pairwise distances between news pages.
Instead of focusing on the prevalence/reach of misinformation overall, we think it is important to know how that exposure is distributed among news consumers, and what kinds of news those misinformation-prone people also consume.
Gist of our findings:
Gist of our findings:
September 27, 2023 at 9:44 PM
Instead of focusing on the prevalence/reach of misinformation overall, we think it is important to know how that exposure is distributed among news consumers, and what kinds of news those misinformation-prone people also consume.
Gist of our findings:
Gist of our findings: