Individual Differences in Belief in Fake News about Election Fraud after the 2020 U.S. Election
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Pregistration
2.2. Participants
2.3. Materials and Procedure
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | |
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1. Belief in false news | 2.62 | 1.12 | −0.32 * | 0.56 * | 0.72 * | −0.49 * | −0.22 * | 0.50 * | −0.06 |
2. Belief in true news | 4.76 | 0.88 | - | −0.28 * | −0.40 * | 0.24 * | 0.14 * | −0.26 * | 0.10 |
3. Political ideology | 3.54 | 1.90 | - | 0.67 * | −0.63 * | −0.11 * | 0.23 * | 0.05 | |
4. Trump approval | 2.03 | 1.17 | - | −0.56 * | −0.15 * | 0.33 * | −0.03 | ||
5. Media trust | 2.94 | 1.29 | - | −0.03 | −0.28 * | 0.12 * | |||
6. Cognitive reflection | 3.75 | 1.96 | - | −19 * | 0.14 * | ||||
7. Conspiracy beliefs | 2.60 | 1.03 | - | −0.17 * | |||||
8. College degree | - | - | - |
β | SE | p | |
---|---|---|---|
Political ideology | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.045 |
Trump approval | 0.52 | 0.05 | <0.001 |
Media trust | −0.07 | 0.04 | 0.132 |
Cognitive reflection | −0.09 | 0.03 | 0.010 |
Conspiracy beliefs | 0.27 | 0.03 | <0.001 |
College degree | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.599 |
Belief in False News | Belief in True News | |||||
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M | SD | r | p | r | p | |
Left news hours | 1.60 | 3.69 | −0.13 | 0.009 | 0.12 | 0.021 |
Leans left hours | 6.36 | 8.11 | −0.28 | <0.001 | 0.26 | <0.001 |
Center hours | 2.44 | 4.23 | −0.15 | 0.003 | 0.22 | <0.001 |
Leans right hours | 1.47 | 2.80 | 0.17 | 0.001 | −0.16 | 0.001 |
Right hours | 0.74 | 3.48 | 0.20 | <0.001 | 0.03 | 0.608 |
Total news hours | 12.61 | 15.54 | −0.15 | 0.005 | 0.20 | <0.001 |
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Calvillo, D.P.; Rutchick, A.M.; Garcia, R.J.B. Individual Differences in Belief in Fake News about Election Fraud after the 2020 U.S. Election. Behav. Sci. 2021, 11, 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11120175
Calvillo DP, Rutchick AM, Garcia RJB. Individual Differences in Belief in Fake News about Election Fraud after the 2020 U.S. Election. Behavioral Sciences. 2021; 11(12):175. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11120175
Chicago/Turabian StyleCalvillo, Dustin P., Abraham M. Rutchick, and Ryan J. B. Garcia. 2021. "Individual Differences in Belief in Fake News about Election Fraud after the 2020 U.S. Election" Behavioral Sciences 11, no. 12: 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11120175