Waheeb Yaqub|Otari Kakhidze|Morgan L. Brockman|Nasir Memon|Sameer Patil
Effects of Credibility Indicators on Social Media News Sharing Intent
Indiana University Bloomington|New York University|Indiana University Bloomington
recent years social media services leveraged spread fake news stories helping people spot fake stories marking credibility indicators could dissuade sharing stories thus reducing amplification carried online study n 1512 explore impact four types credibility indicators peoples intent share news headlines friends social media confirmed credibility indicators indeed decrease propensity share fake news however impact indicators varied fact checking services effective found notable differences responses indicators based demographic personal characteristics social media usage frequency findings important implications curbing spread misinformation via social media platforms