Comprehensibility has a positive, direct effect on fake news acceptance. The more comprehensible people find misinformation to be, the more likely they are to accept it. 

Comprehensibility and misinformation

The level of detail and understanding offered to the consumer in a piece of information.

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Refers to data, documents, and content that is tangible and educational. 

Information as a thing

Rampersad, G., Althiyabi, T. (2020). Fake news: Acceptance by demographics and culture on social media. Journal of Information Technology and Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2019.1686676. 

Fake news: Acceptance by demographics and culture on social media

Information resources consist of content that comes in various physical and digital formats.

Information Resources

A piece of information within a document that serves a distinct communicative purpose.

Functional Unit

A set of rules and activities established in order to lengthen the physical life of a record

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