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Fact-Finding in Social Networks

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This paper models voters who invest effort to determine whether a particular claim relevant to their voting choices is correct. If a voter succeeds in determining whether the claim is correct, this information is shared via a social network. I show that increased connectivity makes voters more informed about basic facts, but less informed about complicated issues. At the same time, polarization makes voters less informed overall.

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  • Boris Ginzburg, 2025. "Fact-Finding in Social Networks," Papers 2509.15454, arXiv.org.
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