A Study on the Confirmation Bias of Adolescents for Fake News

The relationship between a subject’s ideological persuasion with the belief and spread of fake news is the object of our study. Departing from a left- vs. right-wing framework, a questionnaire sought to position subjects on this political-ideological spectrum and demanded them to evaluate five pro-left and pro-right fake and real news, totaling 20 informational products. The results show the belief and dissemination of (fake) news are related to the political ideology of the participants, with right-wing subjects exhibiting a greater tendency to accept fake news, regardless of whether it is pro-left or pro-right fake news. These findings contradict the confirmation bias and may suggest that a greater influence of factors such as age, the level of digital news literacy and psychological aspects in the judgment of fake news are at play. Older and less educated respondents indicated they believed and would disseminate fake news at greater rates. Regardless of the ideology they favor, the Portuguese attributed higher credibility to the sample’s real news, a fact that can be meaningful regarding the fight against disinformation in Portugal and elsewhere.

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Trump, J.K. Rowling, and Confirmation Bias: An Experiential Lesson in Fake News

The Radical Teacher ◽

10.5195/rt.2018.481 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 111 ◽

pp. 103-108

Author(s):

Audrey Fisch

Keyword(s):

Confirmation Bias ◽

Fake News

This articles explores ways to incorporate the issue of fake news into my teaching.

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Can warnings curb the spread of fake news? The interplay between warning, trust and confirmation bias

Behaviour and Information Technology ◽

10.1080/0144929x.2021.2002932 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

Kholekile L. Gwebu ◽

Jing Wang ◽

Ermira Zifla

Keyword(s):

Confirmation Bias ◽

Fake News

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#FakeNews

The Journal of Intelligence Conflict and Warfare ◽

10.21810/jicw.v2i2.1058 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

CASIS

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Confirmation Bias ◽

Fake News ◽

Government Officials ◽

Potential Threat ◽

Comprehensive Database ◽

Online Activities ◽

New Evidence

Misinformation in the form of “fake news” can potentially be weaponized by malicious actors to undermine Canada’s national security and government infrastructure. Developing a comprehensive database to track and understand potential threat actors and their use of fake news can potentially provide actionable intel, thereby exposing and publicly challenging fake news items. Fake news has been used to negatively influence the reputation of government officials and to incite violence between ethnic groups. Fake news utilizes confirmation bias (the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories) through disseminating meticulously crafted messages to targeted audiences, who are selected based on their online activities.

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Bias Konfirmasi terhadap Perilaku Berbohong

Jurnal Psikologi : Jurnal Ilmiah Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Yudharta Pasuruan ◽

10.35891/jip.v7i1.1953 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 21-40

Author(s):

Fiqhiyatun Naja ◽

Nanik Kholifah

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

National Security ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Confirmation Bias ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Fake News ◽

R Value ◽

Behavior Scale ◽

Negative Impacts

The spread of fake news in Indonesia is now increasingly widespread, especially through social media, many negative impacts have been caused from the spread of fake information. Fake information can defame the reputation of others, cruel slander, fighting between groups, and disrupt national disintegration and even disrupt national security stability. Confirmation bias is one of the reasons why someone conducts or disseminates fake information, where individuals tend to only seek and receive information that is in accordance with their thoughts and ignores different opinions that might be true facts. This study aims to measure the effect of confirmation bias on lying behavior that is prevalent around us. The sample in this study was the millennial generation of social media users who are members of the PMII Pasuruan organization of 80 members, the samples were taken by purposive sampling technique. Data collection used a lying behavior scale and a confirmation bias scale compiled by the researchers using Likert answer method. The data were then analyzed using One Predictor Linear Regression Analysis. The results of data analysis resulted r value of 0.102228 with a significance value of 0.286. This shows that there is no significant correlation between confirmation bias and lying behavior.

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Identity concerns drive belief: The impact of partisan identity on the belief and dissemination of true and false news

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations ◽

10.1177/13684302211030004 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 136843022110300

Author(s):

Andrea Pereira ◽

Elizabeth Harris ◽

Jay J. Van Bavel

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Media ◽

Political Identity ◽

Confirmation Bias ◽

The United States ◽

The Political ◽

Fake News ◽

False News ◽

Democrats And Republicans ◽

The Impact

We test three competing theoretical accounts invoked to explain the rise and spread of political (mis)information. We compare the ideological values hypothesis (people prefer news that bolster their values and worldviews); the confirmation bias hypothesis (people prefer news that fit their preexisting stereotypical knowledge); and the political identity hypothesis (people prefer news that allow them to believe positive things about political ingroup members and negative things about political outgroup members). In three experiments ( N = 1,420), participants from the United States read news describing actions perpetrated by their political ingroup or outgroup. Consistent with the political identity hypothesis, Democrats and Republicans were both more likely to believe news about the value-upholding behavior of their ingroup or the value-undermining behavior of their outgroup. Belief was positively correlated with willingness to share on social media in all conditions, but Republicans were more likely to believe and want to share apolitical fake news.

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Fake News, Confirmation Bias, the Search for Truth, and the Theology Student

Theological Librarianship ◽

10.31046/tl.v11i2.519 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 4-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

William Badke

Keyword(s):

Crucial Role ◽

Confirmation Bias ◽

Fake News ◽

Strong Measure ◽

Theological Students ◽

To Come

In an era in which the reliability of many kinds of information are in question, the theological library has a crucial role to play in guiding students in their evaluation of the resources available to them both within and outside of our collections. Confirmation bias creates a strong obstacle, as does the tendency for theological students to create fortresses of belief that prevent them from fully engaging with all views and evaluating them both openly and effectively. While students may have varying opinions about the possibility of finding truth, they need to discover the best means to come to a strong measure of certainty.

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