Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria

Do emotions we experience after reading headlines help us discern true from false information or cloud our judgement? Understanding whether emotions are associated with distinguishing truth from fiction and sharing information has implications for interventions designed to curb the spread of misinfo...

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Autores principales:	Leah R. Rosenzweig, Bence Bago, Adam J. Berinsky, David G. Rand
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Publicado:	Harvard Kennedy School 2021
Materias:	covid-19 emotion facebook social media Information technology T58.5-58.64 Communication. Mass media P87-96
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/224316e1aab641a4b788fda929ad9764
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:224316e1aab641a4b788fda929ad97642021-11-20T05:30:07ZHappiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria10.37016/mr-2020-752766-1652https://doaj.org/article/224316e1aab641a4b788fda929ad97642021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/happiness-and-surprise-are-associated-with-worse-truth-discernment-of-covid-19-headlines-among-social-media-users-in-nigeria/https://doaj.org/toc/2766-1652Do emotions we experience after reading headlines help us discern true from false information or cloud our judgement? Understanding whether emotions are associated with distinguishing truth from fiction and sharing information has implications for interventions designed to curb the spread of misinformation. Among 1,341 Facebook users in Nigeria, we find that emotions—specifically, happiness and surprise—are associated with greater belief in and sharing of false, relative to true, COVID-19 headlines. Respondents who are older, are more reflective, and do not support the ruling party are better at discerning true from false COVID-19 information.Leah R. RosenzweigBence BagoAdam J. BerinskyDavid G. RandHarvard Kennedy Schoolarticlecovid-19emotionfacebooksocial mediaInformation technologyT58.5-58.64Communication. Mass mediaP87-96ENHarvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, Vol 2, Iss 4 (2021)
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topic	covid-19 emotion facebook social media Information technology T58.5-58.64 Communication. Mass media P87-96
spellingShingle	covid-19 emotion facebook social media Information technology T58.5-58.64 Communication. Mass media P87-96 Leah R. Rosenzweig Bence Bago Adam J. Berinsky David G. Rand Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria
description	Do emotions we experience after reading headlines help us discern true from false information or cloud our judgement? Understanding whether emotions are associated with distinguishing truth from fiction and sharing information has implications for interventions designed to curb the spread of misinformation. Among 1,341 Facebook users in Nigeria, we find that emotions—specifically, happiness and surprise—are associated with greater belief in and sharing of false, relative to true, COVID-19 headlines. Respondents who are older, are more reflective, and do not support the ruling party are better at discerning true from false COVID-19 information.
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author	Leah R. Rosenzweig Bence Bago Adam J. Berinsky David G. Rand
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title	Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria
title_short	Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria
title_full	Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria
title_fullStr	Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria
title_sort	happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of covid-19 headlines among social media users in nigeria
publisher	Harvard Kennedy School
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/224316e1aab641a4b788fda929ad9764
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Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria

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