Who falls for fake news? The role of emotional intelligence
Preston, S. and Anderson, A. and Robertson, D. J. and Shephard, M. P. and Huhe, N. (2021) Who falls for fake news? The role of emotional intelligence. In: Association for Psychological Science Virtual Convention 2021, 2021-05-26 - 2021-05-27.
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Abstract
In this study we investigated whether participants level of emotional intelligence (EQ) was associated with their ability to detect fake news items presented in a real world Facebook format Objective: Is High EQ associated with greater fake news detection rates (i.e. are those high in emotional intelligence better at seeing through the emotional content of the news item, leading to a great focus on the veracity of the content)
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Preston, S., Anderson, A.


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Item type: Conference or Workshop Item(Poster) ID code: 76443 Dates: DateEvent27 May 2021PublishedKeywords: fake news, facebook, social media, emotional intelligence, education, Psychology, Psychology(all) Subjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Psychological Science and Health > Psychology
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Government and Public Policy > PoliticsDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 13 May 2021 13:56 Last modified: 18 Jan 2023 13:32 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/76443
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