Checking and Sharing Alt-Facts
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Checking and Sharing Alt-Facts
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 04 Jun 2020
Last Revised: 14 Sep 2023
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Date Written: May 2020
Abstract
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.
JEL Classification: D8, D91
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Guriev, Sergei and Henry, Emeric and Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina, Checking and Sharing Alt-Facts (May 2020). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14738, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3603969
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