Do people demand fact-checked news? Evidence from US Democrats
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Do people demand fact-checked news? Evidence from US Democrats. / Chopra, Felix; Haaland, Ingar; Roth, Christopher.
I: Journal of Public Economics, Bind 205, 104549, 01.2022.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Do people demand fact-checked news? Evidence from US Democrats
AU - Chopra, Felix
AU - Haaland, Ingar
AU - Roth, Christopher
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - In a large-scale online experiment with U.S. Democrats, we examine how the demand for a newsletter about an economic relief plan changes when the newsletter content is fact-checked. We first document an overall muted demand for fact-checking when the newsletter features stories from an ideologically aligned source, even though fact-checking increases the perceived accuracy of the newsletter. The aver-age impact of fact-checking masks substantial heterogeneity by ideology: fact-checking reduces demand among Democrats with strong ideological views and increases demand among ideologically moderate Democrats. Furthermore, fact-checking increases demand among all Democrats when the newsletter features stories from an ideologically non-aligned source.
AB - In a large-scale online experiment with U.S. Democrats, we examine how the demand for a newsletter about an economic relief plan changes when the newsletter content is fact-checked. We first document an overall muted demand for fact-checking when the newsletter features stories from an ideologically aligned source, even though fact-checking increases the perceived accuracy of the newsletter. The aver-age impact of fact-checking masks substantial heterogeneity by ideology: fact-checking reduces demand among Democrats with strong ideological views and increases demand among ideologically moderate Democrats. Furthermore, fact-checking increases demand among all Democrats when the newsletter features stories from an ideologically non-aligned source.
KW - Fact-checking
KW - News demand
KW - Information
KW - Media bias
KW - Belief polarization
U2 - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104549
DO - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104549
M3 - Journal article
VL - 205
JO - Journal of Public Economics
JF - Journal of Public Economics
SN - 0047-2727
M1 - 104549
ER -
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