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Chopra, Felix, Haaland, Ingar and Roth, Christopher (2022). Do people demand fact-checked news? Evidence from US Democrats. J. Public Econ., 205. LAUSANNE: ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA. ISSN 0047-2727

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Abstract

In a large-scale online experiment with U.S. Democrats, we examine how the demand for a newsletter about an economic relief plan changes when the newsletter content is fact-checked. We first document an overall muted demand for fact-checking when the newsletter features stories from an ideologically aligned source, even though fact-checking increases the perceived accuracy of the newsletter. The aver-age impact of fact-checking masks substantial heterogeneity by ideology: fact-checking reduces demand among Democrats with strong ideological views and increases demand among ideologically moderate Democrats. Furthermore, fact-checking increases demand among all Democrats when the newsletter fea-tures stories from an ideologically non-aligned source. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Chopra, Felix UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Haaland, Ingar UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Roth, Christopher UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-595845
DOI:	10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104549
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Public Econ.
Volume:	205
Date:	2022
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
Place of Publication:	LAUSANNE
ISSN:	0047-2727
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MEDIA BIAS; INFORMATION; CONSUMPTION; MARKET Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59584