Those who have or are pursuing higher education have been shown to have a superior ability to detect fake news compared to those with less education.

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- Education Level
- Emotional Intelligence
- Age
- Deliberation

Factors that Impact Fake News Detection

Preston S., Anderson A., Robertson D.J., Shephard M.P., & Huhe N. (2021) Detecting fake news on Facebook: The role of emotional intelligence. PLoS ONE 16(3) 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.024675

Detecting fake news on Facebook: The role of
emotional intelligence

Evidence suggests that those with higher levels of emotional intelligence have better fake news detection than those with lower levels of emotional intelligence. This is particularly true if the fake news is emotional in nature.

Emotional Intelligence and Fake News Detection

Education Level and Fake News Detection

When presented with fake news headlines, it was found that deliberation was associated with less belief in incorrect claims and less errors in judgements of the accuracy of the news headlines, supporting the classical reasoning account of misinformation.

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