Nicholas Micallef|Mihai Avram|Filippo Menczer|Sameer Patil
Fakey
Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University Bloomington
designed developed fakey game improve news literacy reduce misinformation spread emulating social media feed analyzed player interactions articles feed collected 19 months within realworld deployment game found fakey effective priming players suspicious articles questionable sources players interact articles game enhance skills spotting mainstream content thus confirming utility fakey improving news literacy semistructured interviews played game revealed players find simple fun educational principles mechanisms used fakey inform design social media functionality help people distinguish credible questionable content news feeds