First misinformation susceptibility test finds 'very online' Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news
phys.org
University of Cambridge psychologists have developed the first validated "misinformation susceptibility test": a quick two-minute quiz that gives a solid indication of how vulnerable a person is to being duped by the kind of fabricated news that floods online spaces.

Researchers want the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app/. Selecting true or false against 20 headlines gives the user a set of scores and a “resilience” ranking that compares them to the wider U.S. population. It takes less than two minutes to complete.

The paper

Edit: the article might be misrepresenting the study and its findings, so it’s worth checking the paper itself. (See @realChem 's comment in the thread).

  • GataZapata@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I got 19/20, my girlfriend got 15/20. We both think the test design is not super good - only the headlines lead to guessing some times, where parts of article might have painted a clearer picture

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      20/20 and it ducking sucked.

      Some are super obvious , like “did ancient aliens invade and cause Covi and the others are like “3 experts disagree with the juries verdict”.

      Also you can’t select Australia as a country but North Korea is fine? Yeah fuck you too England.

    • jinno@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, there were a few headlines where I was like “Well… maybe? If I can’t actually read it I’ll assume false, though.”