When are opinions perceived as facts? Evidence from a survey experiment

• In Event: Media Effects

Brief Overview

We study if changes to self-esteem resulting from social media use, partisan biases, subject of the statement or the type of media influence the ability of people to tell apart facts and opinions

Authors

• Natalia Lamberova, The University of Texas at Dallas

• Minh Dao, The University of Texas at Dallas

• Sydney Brown, Independent Researcher