Media coverage of science can be improved by small doses of training, according to a study. A 7-minute video covering sources of funding, sample composition, statistics, causal interpretations, and graphs improved the accuracy of headlines. In PNAS Nexus: https://t.co/VBeBFaifDk
Media coverage of science can be improved by small doses of training, according to a study. A 7-minute video covering sources of funding, sample composition, statistics, causal interpretations, and graphs improved the accuracy of headlines. In PNAS Nexus: https://t.co/VBeBFaifDk
Was macht der Druck, möglichst viel Aufmerksamkeit zu erzeugen, mit Nachrichten? Was hilft gegen (den Glauben an) Fake News? Und wie lässt sich Hate Speech eindämmen? Darüber durfte mit @AndresRaphaela im @ZEW Podcast sprechen. Hier reinhören: https://t.co/nSOmNAjBkG 🎧🎙️
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Just published in @JPubEcon:
"Debunking “fake news” on social media: Immediate and short-term effects of fact-checking and media literacy interventions"
By @lariberger, Anna Kerkhof, @FelixMindl, & Johannes Münster
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https://t.co/7ioesJJfOG
@FelixMindl Policy takeaway: Brief, scalable “tips to spot fake news” can often outperform reactive fact-checks. They’re easy to implement and foster critical thinking. Check out the full paper for all the details!
Excited to share our new paper: “Debunking ‘fake news’ on social media: Immediate and short-term effects of fact-checking & media literacy” (w/ Anna Kerkhof, @FelixMindl & Johannes Münster) – forthcoming in Journal of Public Economics.
https://t.co/sK0NNHDvnc
@FelixMindl Some of the positive effects persist even two weeks later. Both interventions preserve trust in accurate posts, but media literacy builds broader, longer-lasting skills to spot misinformation.
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Debunking “Fake News” on Social Media: Short-Term and Longer-Term Effects of Fact Checking and Media Literacy Interventions | @lariberger, Anna Kerkhof, @FelixMindl, @YohannesBecker#EconTwitter
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