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Nadia Brashier
Assistant Professor
Psychology
University of California, San Diego

Brashier Lab

https://arizona.zoom.us/j/85450990530
 

Fact-Checking Fake News
Abstract: Amid intense public scrutiny, social media companies have hired, and then fired, professional fact-checkers. Is it beneficial to flag misinformation as 'false'? And do users want to see this context? My lab finds that fact-checks reliably reduce belief in false news, particularly when they appear after headlines. And participants choose to read these corrections even when they have no incentive to do so, demonstrating a broad interest in truth. These results have implications for theories of belief revision and the future of third-party fact-checking on social media platforms.