Individual differences in sharing false political information on social media: deliberate and accidental sharing, motivations and positive schizotypy
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Buchanan, T., Perach, R., Husbands, D., Tout, A., Kostyuk, E., Kempley, J. and Joyner, L. 2024. Individual differences in sharing false political information on social media: deliberate and accidental sharing, motivations and positive schizotypy. PLoS ONE. 19 (6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304855
Type | Article |
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Title | Individual differences in sharing false political information on social media: deliberate and accidental sharing, motivations and positive schizotypy |
Authors | Buchanan, T., Perach, R., Husbands, D., Tout, A., Kostyuk, E., Kempley, J. and Joyner, L. |
Abstract | False political information – misinformation or disinformation - is widely spread on social media. Individual social media users play a large part in this. However, only a minority actively share false material. It is important to establish what sets these individuals apart from those who do not, and why they do it. Motivations for sharing may vary and are likely to differ between people who share false material unknowingly and on purpose. In this paper we consider the extent to which individual differences in personality and other variables, and motivations for sharing, are associated with the likelihood of people sharing false political information both accidentally and deliberately. |
Keywords | Perception; Social media; Decision making; Reflection; Questionnaires; Twitter; Regression analysis; Forecasting |
Sustainable Development Goals | 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions |
Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
Publisher | Public Library of Science |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Publication dates | |
26 Jun 2024 | |
Online | 26 Jun 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Submitted | 17 Jan 2024 |
Accepted | 21 May 2024 |
Deposited | 09 Aug 2024 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | © 2024 Buchanan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304855 |
Web of Science identifier | MEDLINE:38923942 |
WOS:001259158900044 |
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