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[Misleading] First misinformation susceptibility test finds 'very online' Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news (phys.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by somefool to c/science

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Researchers want the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app/. Selecting true or false against 20 headlines gives the user a set of scores and a "resilience" ranking that compares them to the wider U.S. population. It takes less than two minutes to complete.

The paper

Edit: the article might be misrepresenting the study and its findings, so it's worth checking the paper itself. (See @realChem 's comment in the thread).

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[–] Kwakigra 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would cheat on this test because I cheat in real life. I've been humbled enough times not to put total faith in my initial impression and would rather have more evidence than whatever I happen to be aware of at the moment to determine whether a claim is true.

[–] androogee@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Absolutely. The problem isn't that some people can psychically know whether a headline is true and some can't.

The problem is deciding that you know without checking. Which is exactly what this test seems to want you to do.

I mean what does "real" even mean in this context? Just that it's a published headline? Or that it's a fact checked headline?

What if it's true, but it's not a published headline?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] nzodd 1 points 1 year ago

Or conversely, an actual published headline attached to an article full of disinformation.