Increasing accuracy motivations using moral reframing does not reduce Republicans’ belief in false news
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Published:2023-11-06
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Container-title:Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
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Short-container-title:HKS Misinfo Review
Author:
Stagnaro Michael1, Pink Sophia2, Rand David G.1, Willer Robb3
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1. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 2. Department of Sociology, Stanford University, USA 3. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Abstract
In a pre-registered survey experiment with 2,009 conservative Republicans, we evaluated an intervention that presents having accurate beliefs as consistent with conservative political identity and values (e.g., patriotism, respect for tradition, and religious purity). The intervention caused participants to report placing greater value on accuracy, and placing greater value on accuracy was correlated with successfully rating true headlines as more accurate than false headlines. Yet, the intervention had no significant effect on accuracy judgments. These results suggest that moral reframing, and perhaps interventions based on connecting accuracy motivation with political identity more generally, may not be promising for combatting belief in misinformation.
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Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics, and Public Policy
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