Fake News or Arousing News? The Indirect Consequences of Uncivil Language on Social Transmission.

• In Event: JSS 6
  In JSS Session: JSS: Political Information Exposure, Acceptance, and Interpretations

Brief Overview

This innovative experimental study contributes to disentangling the mechanisms behind the spread of misinformation. It taps into indirect effects of uncivil language of news relying on sensors to measure physiological reactions to articles.

Author

• Paula Szewach, University of Essex