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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- Education Level
- Emotional Intelligence
- Age
- Deliberation

Factors that Impact Fake News Detection

According to the Classical Reasoning account, high deliberation when presented with misinformation results in increased ability to distinguish the accuracy of the information while the absence of deliberation leads to false beliefs.

Misinformation: Classical Reasoning

Bago, B., Rand, D. G., & Pennycook, G. (2020). Fake news, fast and slow: Deliberation reduces belief in false (but not true) news headlines. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(8), 1608–1613. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/10.1037/xge0000729.supp (Supplemental)

Fake news, fast and slow: Deliberation reduces belief in false (but not true) news headlines

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

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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