"In a recent paper published in Nature, we found that a simple accuracy nudge...improved the quality of the news [people] shared afterward."
“I started as a punk rocker, then became a computational biologist, then a behavioral economist, and then a cognitive psychologist."
Prof. David Rand and his team is conducting a survey in The New York Times on news in social media.
....we'll analyze how a few brave readers interact with news on social media – with help from David Rand...
Prof. David Rand discusses intuitive vs. deliberative modes of decision making and how they figure into the dissemination of fake news.
"Our experiment shows that shared partisanship does indeed have a large impact on social tie formation."
"Underpinning the question of possible violence is an even broader question: Will Donald Trump voters accept Joe Biden as the president?"
“They forget to think about whether it's true, but rather how many likes they'll get."
...if only a minority is following guidance, citing trends moving in a positive direction or using raw numbers...can help.
"...if you ask people to stop and think about is this true, most people are actually pretty good at telling...fake news from true news."
