Title

Would I lie to you? Party affiliation is more important than Brexit in processing political misinformation

Summary

As per the findings of previous studies regarding elections, this research finds that within the context of the UK factchecking did the job in fighting misinformation, with special reference to party affiliation and Brexit position. The research also found that regardless of information correction, the old divide related to political parties is still dominant.

َAuthor

Prike, Toby ; Reason, Robert ; Ecker, Ullrich K H ; Swire-Thompson, Briony ; Lewandowsky, Stephan

Year

2023

َThematic Area

Politics

Topic

Misinformation and Correction and Elections

Country

Australia

Region

Europe

Misinformation Combatting

Combatting Strategies

Place Published

ENGLAND

Publisher

The Royal Society

Journal

Royal Society Open Science

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220508

URL

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220508

APA 7th End Text Citation

Prike, T., Reason, R., Ecker, U. K. H., Swire-Thompson, B., & Lewandowsky, S. (2023). Would I lie to you? Party affiliation is more important than Brexit in processing political misinformation. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2), 220508–220508. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220508