Aging in an "infodemic": The role of analytical reasoning, affect, and news consumption frequency on news veracity detection.

ABSTRACT: Increasing misinformation spread poses a threat to older adults but there is little research on older adults within the fake news literature. Embedded in the Changes in Integration for Social Decisions in Aging (CISDA) model, this study examined the role of (a) analytical reasoning; (b) affect; (c) news consumption frequency, and their interplay with (d) news content on news veracity detection in aging. Conducted during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the present study asked participants to view and evaluate COVID or non-COVID (i.e., everyday) news articles, followed by measures of analytical reasoning, affect, and news consumption frequency. News veracity detection was comparable between young and older adults. Additionally, fake news detection for non-COVID news was predicted b

SUBMITTER: Pehlivanoglu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066904 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature