How search engines are amplifying misinformation – Study – FactCheckHub
A new study published by Nature has highlighted how search engines play a key role in the amplification and belief of misinformation while seeking to address the gap.
The study: Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity, looks at how people’s trust in misinformation is affected by the results that search engines like Google provide when they try to evaluate news.
The authors note that while many media literacy interventions encourage people to use search engines to check news, there is little evidence to support the effectiveness of this approach in lowering belief in false information.
Since most internet users report using search engines instead of traditional news sources to learn about politics and form opinions about current affairs, it is imperative to determine whether and to what extent utilizing search engines lessens belief in misinformation and disinformation.
Across some experiments, the researchers find that for most users, online…
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