The researchers used 32 mainstream sources for news, such as BBC News, CNN, and Buzzfeed. They were balanced in terms of the political ideologies they presented.

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Sources of Articles in "Fakey"

Micallef, N., Avram, M., Menczer, F., & Patil, S. (2021). Fakey: A Game Intervention to Improve News Literacy on Social Media. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1145/3449080

Fakey: A game intervention to improve news literacy on social media

Sources with High Credibility in "Fakey"

Sources with low credibility tend to post articles that are misleading or fake (e.g., Snopes). These sources have been rejected by organizations that fact-check.

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