Publication: Media literacy tips promoting reliable news improve discernment and enhance trust in traditional media
Media literacy tips promoting reliable news improve discernment and enhance trust in traditional media
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Altay, S., De Angelis, A., & Hoes, E. (2024). Media literacy tips promoting reliable news improve discernment and enhance trust in traditional media. Communications Psychology, 2(1), 74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00121-5
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Media literacy tips typically encourage people to be skeptical of the news despite the small prevalence of false news in Western democracies. Would such tips be effective if they promoted trust in true news instead? A pre-registered experiment (N = 3919, US) showed that Skepticism-enhancing tips, Trust-inducing tips, and a mix of both tips, increased participants’ sharing and accuracy discernment. The Trust-inducing tips boosted true news sharing and acceptance, the Skepticism-enhancing tips hindered false news sharing and acceptance,
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Altay, S., De Angelis, A., & Hoes, E. (2024). Media literacy tips promoting reliable news improve discernment and enhance trust in traditional media. Communications Psychology, 2(1), 74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00121-5
