Title

The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Fake News Credibility

Summary

This paper investigates the potential of mindfulness and meditation to help consumers better detect fake news by improving their attention. The research includes two studies: a correlational study showing that regular meditation practice and dispositional mindfulness are associated with lower susceptibility to fake news, and an experimental study using eye-tracking to find that a brief meditation induction improves attention but does not reduce perceived credibility of fake news. The findings suggest that while mindfulness may enhance attention, it does not necessarily alter the perceived credibility of fake news.

 

َAuthor

Vedolin S. L., & Pizzutti, C.

Year

2020

َThematic Area

Communication Studies

Topic

Fake information and Social media

Country

Global

Region

Global

Misinformation Combatting

Combatting Strategies

Place Published

APA 7th End Text Citation

Vedolin Sebastião, L., & Pizzutti, C. (2020). The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Fake News Credibility. In Proceedings of the EMAC 2020 Regional Conference European Marketing Academy. EMAC. http://proceedings.emac-online.org/pdfs/A2020-59012.pdf