Kirchner and Reuter conducted a survey asking 1012 participants about their personal strategy for fake-news detection. Participants were recruited via "Respondi". They were also given questions from the General Decision-Making Style and Rationale-Experiential Inventory Scales. Survey data was compiled and some key results were as follows:

• Over 50% of respondents reported being somewhat careful or more careful with a potential fake news source
• 72% said they read an article before liking or sharing
• 20% said they trust the author to verify the facts themselves
• 71% of people liked having warnings about fake-news stories, but wanted the reason for the red-flag explained.
• Older participants tended to "agree" with more of the questions
• Those who valued analytical thinking were more likely to be wary of a marked post

This shows that only a minority of people are vulnerable to fake-news. However, social desirability bias could have impacted the results.