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The Social Change Theory for Increased Engagement with Fake News Later in Life

Older adults tend to have greater interpersonal trust and smaller social groups on average. These factors may put them at greater risk to overestimate the trustworthiness of a source.

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Updated 2021-08-07

Contributors are:

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Chiara Witucki
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Pepperdine University
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  • Aging in an Era of Fake News

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  • Older adults' use of character judgments to determine trustworthiness

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