Fake news : what is its impact? can we do something about it?

Autores
Wasserman, Lucio
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
tesis de maestría
Estado
versión corregida
Colaborador/a o director/a de tesis
Pérez-Truglia, Ricardo Nicolás
Descripción
Fil: Wasserman, Lucio. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
The rise of fake news led to widespread public concerns based on claims that it affects behaviors. Nevertheless, the evidence of the impact of fake news on behaviors is scarce and inconclusive, and there is no consensus on how to deal with the potential negative effects. In this paper we conduct a survey experiment to evaluate the impact of a fake news article concerning environmental activism. Additionally, the effect of a fact-checking article correcting the fake news story is also evaluated. The measured outcomes include beliefs and pro-environmental preferences and behaviors. The treated participants were randomly assigned to either read an extract of the fake news article or of the correction article. The remaining participants conform the control group. We find clear impacts on beliefs: the fake news article increases misperceptions while the correction reduces them. However, our results show small to null effects of both treatments on pro-environmental preferences and behaviors.
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acceso abierto
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Universidad de San Andrés
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The rise of fake news led to widespread public concerns based on claims that it affects behaviors. Nevertheless, the evidence of the impact of fake news on behaviors is scarce and inconclusive, and there is no consensus on how to deal with the potential negative effects. In this paper we conduct a survey experiment to evaluate the impact of a fake news article concerning environmental activism. Additionally, the effect of a fact-checking article correcting the fake news story is also evaluated. The measured outcomes include beliefs and pro-environmental preferences and behaviors. The treated participants were randomly assigned to either read an extract of the fake news article or of the correction article. The remaining participants conform the control group. We find clear impacts on beliefs: the fake news article increases misperceptions while the correction reduces them. However, our results show small to null effects of both treatments on pro-environmental preferences and behaviors.
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