(Don’t) Stop Believing: A Signal Detection Approach to Risk and Protective Factors for Engagement with Politicized (Mis)Information in Social Media

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dc.contributor.authorWinter, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Sebastián
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa Santos, Marcelo Luis
dc.contributor.authorSchreyer, Tobias
dc.contributor.authorIwertowski, Lena
dc.contributor.authorRothmund, Tobias
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-12T19:48:22Z
dc.date.available2024-04-12T19:48:22Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractPrior misinformation research often lacks comparisons with the processing of true information and specifically focuses on the dangers of right-wing or conservative misinformation. By employing a signal detection framework, this research addresses the ability to discern between true and false (discrimination sensitivity) as well as the tendency to prefer belief-congruent messages (confirmation bias) and reject belief-incongruent messages (disconfirmation bias), regardless of veracity, and aims to provide a comprehensive view on the ideological and cognitive factors that promote or inhibit engagement with politicized (mis)information across the political spectrum. In apre-registeredonline experiment (N = 992), participants evaluated 16 social media posts (true vs. false, supporting left-wing vs. right-wing views) with regard to perceived credibility. Results identified the dark factorof personality and social media usage as risk factors that were connected to lower discrimination sensitivity. With regard to political orientation, bias occurred on both sides of the political spectrum: Rightists exhibited a stronger confirmation bias, while leftists were more likely to reject belief-incongruent messages even if they were true (higher disconfirmation bias).These findings highlight the relevance of unpacking (mis)information-related behavior into a more nuanced approach.
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.31234/osf.io/84c36
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/84c36
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/85044
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Comunicaciones; Valenzuela, Sebastián; 0000-0001-5991-7364; 6859
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectMisinformation
dc.subjectSocial media
dc.subjectSignal detection theory
dc.subjectFake news
dc.subjectPolitical ideology
dc.title(Don’t) Stop Believing: A Signal Detection Approach to Risk and Protective Factors for Engagement with Politicized (Mis)Information in Social Media
dc.typepreprint
sipa.codpersvinculados6859
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2024-04-08
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