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Article: Does political extremity harm the ability to identify online information validity? Testing the impact of polarisation through online experiments

TitleDoes political extremity harm the ability to identify online information validity? Testing the impact of polarisation through online experiments
Authors
KeywordsFake news
Online misinformation
Ideological polarisation
Radical politics
Information consumption
Issue Date2021
PublisherElsevier Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf
Citation
Government Information Quarterly, 2021, v. 38 n. 4, article no. 101602 How to Cite?
AbstractIdeological polarisation has drawn wide attention from both the general public and researchers. It is frequently argued that under the proliferation of ideological polarisation, echo chambers may be formed while people inside the echo chambers may be less willing to accept alternative political viewpoints and more likely to fall into fake news and online misinformation. To obtain more empirical evidence, we conducted an online experiment that explored the relationship between one's position in the political spectrum and his/her capabilities of identifying political misinformation, as well as the information consumption habits that may help identify online misinformation. While we statistically validated some information consumption habits that can help to identify political misinformation, it was unexpected that political extremists may be indeed more capable of identifying the validity of news and online information. Based on our findings, we also provided a range of theoretical and practical implications.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/307733
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 7.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.171
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dc.contributor.authorAu, CH-
dc.contributor.authorHo, KKW-
dc.contributor.authorChiu, DKW-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-12T13:37:01Z-
dc.date.available2021-11-12T13:37:01Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationGovernment Information Quarterly, 2021, v. 38 n. 4, article no. 101602-
dc.identifier.issn0740-624X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/307733-
dc.description.abstractIdeological polarisation has drawn wide attention from both the general public and researchers. It is frequently argued that under the proliferation of ideological polarisation, echo chambers may be formed while people inside the echo chambers may be less willing to accept alternative political viewpoints and more likely to fall into fake news and online misinformation. To obtain more empirical evidence, we conducted an online experiment that explored the relationship between one's position in the political spectrum and his/her capabilities of identifying political misinformation, as well as the information consumption habits that may help identify online misinformation. While we statistically validated some information consumption habits that can help to identify political misinformation, it was unexpected that political extremists may be indeed more capable of identifying the validity of news and online information. Based on our findings, we also provided a range of theoretical and practical implications.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf-
dc.relation.ispartofGovernment Information Quarterly-
dc.subjectFake news-
dc.subjectOnline misinformation-
dc.subjectIdeological polarisation-
dc.subjectRadical politics-
dc.subjectInformation consumption-
dc.titleDoes political extremity harm the ability to identify online information validity? Testing the impact of polarisation through online experiments-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChiu, DKW: dchiu88@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.giq.2021.101602-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85110696506-
dc.identifier.hkuros329524-
dc.identifier.volume38-
dc.identifier.issue4-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 101602-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 101602-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000706518200010-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-

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