False memories for fake news during Ireland's abortion referendum

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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Gillian
dc.contributor.authorLoftus, Elizabeth F.
dc.contributor.authorHofstein Grady, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorLevine, Linda J.
dc.contributor.authorGreene, Ciara M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-19T09:23:26Z
dc.date.available2019-09-19T09:23:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-21
dc.date.updated2019-09-19T07:58:50Z
dc.description.abstractThe current study examined false memories in the week preceding the 2018 Irish abortion referendum. Participants (N = 3,140) viewed six news stories concerning campaign events—two fabricated and four authentic. Almost half of the sample reported a false memory for at least one fabricated event, with more than one third of participants reporting a specific memory of the event. “Yes” voters (those in favor of legalizing abortion) were more likely than “no” voters to “remember” a fabricated scandal regarding the campaign to vote “no,” and “no” voters were more likely than “yes” voters to “remember” a fabricated scandal regarding the campaign to vote “yes.” This difference was particularly strong for voters of low cognitive ability. A subsequent warning about possible misinformation slightly reduced rates of false memories but did not eliminate these effects. This study suggests that voters in a real-world political campaign are most susceptible to forming false memories for fake news that aligns with their beliefs, in particular if they have low cognitive ability.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMurphy, G., Loftus, E. F., Grady, R. H., Levine, L. J. and Greene, C. M. (2019) 'False Memories for Fake News During Ireland’s Abortion Referendum', Psychological Science, doi: 10.1177/0956797619864887en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0956797619864887en
dc.identifier.eissn1467-9280
dc.identifier.endpage26en
dc.identifier.issn0956-7976
dc.identifier.journaltitlePsychological Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8568
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797619864887
dc.rights© 2019 the authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. The published version of record is available at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797619864887en
dc.subjectFalse memoryen
dc.subjectPoliticsen
dc.subjectFake newsen
dc.subjectMisinformationen
dc.subjectBiasen
dc.subjectOpen dataen
dc.subjectOpen materialsen
dc.titleFalse memories for fake news during Ireland's abortion referendumen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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