① There are always worries about false information on social media. Believing false information could influence our personal and group health. But why do people believe false information they see online? One popular argument is that they are short of digital literacy(素养), so they're more likely to believe and share false information.
② To explore the possible connections between one's digital literacy and tendency(倾向)to believe false information, we surveyed 1, 341 Americans. First, we showed them 24 news headlines —half of which were true and half of which were false. Then we tested their digital literacy. After that, they were asked to answer a question about different kinds of newsfeeds.
③ The survey found that digital literacy is indeed a good predictor (预测)of one's ability to tell true information from what is false. But when we looked at the connection between digital literacy and thetendency to share false information with others, the results were different. Just like people who were lessdigitally literate, people who were more digitally literate were likely to share false articles as well.
④ Also, the results showed that even people with high digital literacy were not immune from sharing false news with others. This sounds strange. If you are better at telling the difference between the true and the false, why would you share false information? As we look quickly through our newsfeeds, we often pay attention to feedback, such as how many "likes"our posts have received. It turns out that we often forget to ask ourselves whether a story is true or false before deciding to share it.
⑤So, let's all stop right now! Remember to ask ourselves whether the news we see is true before eventhinking about clicking"share".
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