“If This account is True, It is Most Enormously Wonderful”: Interestingness-If-True and the Sharing of True and False News
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Why would people share news they think might not be accurate? We identify a factor that, alongside accuracy, drives the sharing of true and fake news: ‘interestingness-if-true’ piece ne...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Digital journalism
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2167-0811', '2167-082X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2021.1941163