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How Susceptible Are You to Misinformation? There’s a Test You Can Take (www.scientificamerican.com)

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A new misinformation quiz shows that, despite the stereotype, younger Americans have a harder time discerning fake headlines, compared with older generations

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[–] howrar 1 points 2 years ago

The quiz for anyone who wants to see it: http://yourmist.streamlit.app And the paper (I haven't read it) https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-023-02124-2

This article itself is "fake news". The survey gives you a bunch of headlines and asks you to tell whether it's real or fake. No other context is given, no article body, no source for the information, nothing. So really, all this test evaluates is your knowledge of real world events.