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Sex Trafficking, Russian Infiltration, Birth Certificates, and Pedophilia: A Survey Experiment Correcting Fake News

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  • Porter, Ethan
  • Wood, Thomas J.
  • Kirby, David

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Following the 2016 U.S. election, researchers and policymakers have become intensely concerned about the dissemination of “fake news,†or false news stories in circulation (Lazer et al., 2017). Research indicates that fake news is shared widely and has a pro-Republican tilt (Allcott and Gentzkow, 2017). Facebook now flags dubious stories as disputed and tries to block fake news publishers (Mosseri, 2016). While the typical misstatements of politicians can be corrected (Nyhan et al., 2017), the sheer depth of fake news’s conspiracizing may preclude correction. Can fake news be corrected?

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  • Porter, Ethan & Wood, Thomas J. & Kirby, David, 2018. "Sex Trafficking, Russian Infiltration, Birth Certificates, and Pedophilia: A Survey Experiment Correcting Fake News," Journal of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(2), pages 159-164, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jexpos:v:5:y:2018:i:02:p:159-164_00
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    1. Luca P. Merlino & Paolo Pin & Nicole Tabasso, 2023. "Debunking Rumors in Networks," American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(1), pages 467-496, February.

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