Hurley Symposium 2017 fake news survey

Welcome!Mike McKean, Associate Director

Survey InsightsMike McKean, Associate Director

• MTurk, January 2017

• MTurk, January 2017

• 266 American adults

• MTurk, January 2017

• 266 American adults

• Suggestive, not predictive

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5248

I can identify a fake news headline right away

70% confidentLess confident

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61

39

I can identify a fake news headline after a few moments

70% confidentLess confident

We asked, “Which of the following headlines is not

fake news?”

The good news: 40% correctly

identified “Stop Pretending You Don’t

Know Why People Hate Hillary Clinton ”

The bad news: 60% thought one of

these fake news headlines was real:

“Pope Francis Endorses Donald

Trump”(13%)

“Denzel Washington Backs Trump in the

Most Epic Way Possible”

(15%)

“Final Election 2016 Numbers: Trump Won

Both Popular and Electoral College Votes”

(32%)

Sharing Fake News

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66

34

I have never shared a fake news story

70% confidentLess confident

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58

42

I have shared a fake news story by accident

70% confidentLess confident

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54

46

My friends have shared fake news stories

70% confidentLess confident

Survey details at RJIonline.org