Poor quality results on search engines contribute to misinformation: Study – SUCH TV
A study has found that people who searched online to verify the veracity of possible misinformation actually ended up believing it due to “poor quality results” from search engines.
The findings, according to the researchers, point to the need for online search engines to address the challenge posed by the appearance of non-credible information at the top of search results.
The study conducted by a research team from the University of Central Florida, New York University and Stanford University, USA, aimed to understand the impact of search results produced when people use search engines. The findings were published in the journal Nature and highlighted the need for media literacy programs based on empirically tested interventions and for search engines to invest in solutions to these challenges.
“Our study shows that the act of searching online to evaluate news increases belief in widely popular misinformation, and by notable amounts,” said study author Zeve Sanderson, founding…
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