| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP14738 |
| DP14738 Checking and Sharing Alt-Facts | |
| Emeric Henry; Ekaterina Zhuravskaya; Sergei Guriev | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-05-10 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Using an online randomized experiment in the context of the 2019 European elections campaign in France, we study how fact-checking affects sharing of false news on social media. We exposed a random sample of French voting-age Facebook users to statements on the role of the European Union made by the far-right populist party Rassemblement National. A randomly selected subgroup of participants was also presented with fact-checking of these statements; another subgroup was offered a choice whether to view the fact-checking information. Then, all participants could choose whether to share the false statements on their Facebook pages. We show that (i) both imposed and voluntary fact-checking reduce sharing of false statements by about 45%; (ii) the size of the effect is similar between imposed and voluntary fact-checking; and (iii) each additional click required to share false statements substantially reduces sharing. These results inform the debate about policy proposals aimed at limiting propagation of false news on social media. |
| 主题 | Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Alternative facts Fake news Sharing Social media Facebook |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14738-1 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543661 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Emeric Henry,Ekaterina Zhuravskaya,Sergei Guriev. DP14738 Checking and Sharing Alt-Facts. 2020. |
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