...if only a minority is following guidance, citing trends moving in a positive direction or using raw numbers...can help.
“They forget to think about whether it's true, but rather how many likes they'll get."
Prof. David Rand discusses intuitive vs. deliberative modes of decision making and how they figure into the dissemination of fake news.
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...
TikTok consulted with MIT’s Dr. David G. Rand, whose research has examined how users respond to different types of AI labels.
David G. Rand says: “The people who are trying to be deceptive are not going to put the [A.I.] label on their stuff.”
Inattentive readers are more likely to click on a false news story, with misinformation content producers exploiting this attention gap.
Mendacity and the uncritical repetition of blatant lies can chip away at our ability to assess the plausibility of other, unrelated news stories.
The hope of many researchers is that, in tandem, multiple tactics may add up to something of a defense.
