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Why Are Older Adults More Likely to Share Misinformation Online?
Older adults share misinformation more due to stronger partisan bias despite similar ability to spot falsehoods, based on a study of 10,000 respondents by University of Utah.
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Harvard: Why are older adults more likely to share misinformation online? | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Harvard: Why are older adults more likely to share misinformation online?. “Older adults tend to do well at identifying falsehoods in experiments, but they’re also likelier than younger adults to like and share misinformation online. That paradox was at the heart of a recent lecture as part of the Misinformation Speaker Series at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.”The post Harvard: Why are older adults more likely to sh…
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Total News Sources3
Leaning Left1Leaning Right0Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left, 50% Center
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left, 50% of the sources are Center
50% Center
L 50%
C 50%
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