J Exp Psychol Gen December 2018 PMID 30247057

Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news.

Gordon Pennycook, Tyrone D Cannon, David G Rand

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Collaborative Replication & Education Project
@CREP_psych · X

NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News." You can read about the study here: https://t.co/KEAwMieBeF And here is our CREP page: https://t.co/VgnmIQA4GA

Mar 26, 2022 · 21 likes · 9 shares · 1,020 followers View post →
David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social
@DG_Rand · X

@betanalpha A reviewer for @GordPennycook and my paper "Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news" rejected it because the work was "old wine in a new bottle" https://t.co/6zNcaHxRUo https://t.co/Am99uXwQje

Aug 28, 2019 · 16 likes · 15,376 followers View post →
Collaborative Replication & Education Project
@CREP_psych · X

Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, and Rand (2018) "Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news." What a timely and important study! https://t.co/ZxnLqyD3XU

Jul 2, 2021 · 10 likes · 1 share · 1,020 followers View post →
Socio Geeks
@sociogeeks_ · X

Menurut penelitian Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News, hanya terpapar berita palsu dapat meningkatkan kepercayaan seseorang terhadap berita palsu tersebut. https://t.co/q4JToIecQu

May 30, 2019 · 7 likes · 25 shares · 13,558 followers View post →
Yuuko Morimoto
@myuuko · X

フェイクニュースのヘッドラインをSNS(Facebook)で見ると,後でそのニュースの正確さ認知が増加するよという研究。ファクトチェックで意義ありとされていても=つまり意義ありタグづけは有効な解決策ではない。/ Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news https://t.co/YtjtiIxLGo

Mar 25, 2021 · 6 likes · 1 share · 9,272 followers View post →
Psychological Science Accelerator
@PsySciAcc · X

We are also excited to announce the next @CREP_psych project. We will be replicating Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news. More information will be coming soon! 4/n

Jul 2, 2021 · 6 likes · 1 share · 7,364 followers View post →

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ひろよし Hiroyoshi
@hiro777ZX · X

SNSで見出しを一度見ただけでも、あとで同じ主張を見ると、真偽にかかわらず**「本当っぽい」と感じやすい。こうした事前の接触はフェイクニュースの知覚的正確さ**を高めることが実験で確かめられているが、あまりに明らかなウソには効きにくい。 https://t.co/9pRdD53TEe

Oct 2, 2025 · 4 likes · 1,090 followers View post →
Cllr Jérémie Fernandes
@jeremieSNP · X

“Backfire effect” https://t.co/DosbfLAknt Psychological reactance https://t.co/khqz8xAhIq Amplification by repetition https://t.co/KMmRczb86p (2/2)

Sep 3, 2024 · 1 like · 892 followers View post →
Zübeyir ALKIŞ
@jehatiii · X

https://t.co/VDYolYWJIK https://t.co/xiha2yr2hY

Apr 27, 2024 · 149 followers View post →
SassE
@SassE001 · X

one from opposing views, but also help to create incubation chambers for blatantly false (but highly salient and politicized) fake news stories.”-Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News.

Mar 17, 2024 · 1 like · 972 followers View post →
SHIRÅSUNA, Ⅿ.
@mitoop_quiz · X

「ある情報に複数回触れると、それを真実だと思い込みやすい」という現象が知られています それが、(分野や領域によらず)フェイクニュースを正しいと感じてしまうこと、ひいてはフェイクニュースを拡散させてしまうことにつながる可能性があります https://t.co/H6g2lkIo9V https://t.co/lhaK7pPKPF

Jan 2, 2024 · 1 like · 384 followers View post →
David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social
@DG_Rand · X

@RealityTeam11 @MichaelJLewisII Although actually - we DO know that there is a causal effect of exposure to false claims in belief in those claims (via the illusory truth effect), eg "Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News" https://t.co/olsOXraT7D

Jan 28, 2023 · 1 like · 15,376 followers View post →
Professor Catherine Loveday
@CathLoveday · X

@ProfRobHoward Really good to see this challenged but maybe better for @sadneurons not to use the screenshots as evidence shows that this inadvertently promotes the original story, see eg here https://t.co/tkdGib2GQ7

Jan 15, 2023 · 1 like · 6,199 followers View post →
jon grahe
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RT @CREP_psych: NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Incr…

Apr 1, 2022 · 9 shares · 554 followers View post →
Siu Kit YEUNG
@siukityeung_res · X

RT @CREP_psych: NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Incr…

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Gilad Feldman
@giladfeldman · X

RT @CREP_psych: NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Incr…

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Dr. Clare Conry-Murray @cconrymurray@fediscience.o
@cconrymurray · X

RT @CREP_psych: NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Incr…

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn, PhD ☕️
@thuyvytnguyen · X

RT @CREP_psych: NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Incr…

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LIRA Lab
@LiraLab_Bgd · X

RT @CREP_psych: NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Incr…

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Aleksandra Lazić (Moved - See Bio)
@AleLazic · X

RT @CREP_psych: NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Incr…

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Jordan Wagge
@jorowags · X

RT @CREP_psych: NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Incr…

Mar 26, 2022 · 9 shares · 856 followers View post →
Collaborative Replication & Education Project
@CREP_psych · X

NEW STUDY ALERT! Our newest CREP replication study is Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), "Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News." You can read about the study here: https://t.co/KEAwMieBeF And here is our CREP page: https://t.co/VgnmIQA4GA

Mar 26, 2022 · 21 likes · 9 shares · 1,020 followers View post →
Kara Moore, Ph.D. she/her
@moore_psych · X

RT @PsySciAcc: We are also excited to announce the next @CREP_psych project. We will be replicating Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand…

Jul 2, 2021 · 1 share · 1,607 followers View post →
Psychological Science Accelerator
@PsySciAcc · X

RT @CREP_psych: Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, and Rand (2018) "Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news." What a timely a…

Jul 2, 2021 · 1 share · 7,364 followers View post →
Psychological Science Accelerator
@PsySciAcc · X

We are also excited to announce the next @CREP_psych project. We will be replicating Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, & Rand (2018), Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news. More information will be coming soon! 4/n

Jul 2, 2021 · 6 likes · 1 share · 7,364 followers View post →
Collaborative Replication & Education Project
@CREP_psych · X

Study 2 from Pennycook, Cannon, and Rand (2018) "Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news." What a timely and important study! https://t.co/ZxnLqyD3XU

Jul 2, 2021 · 10 likes · 1 share · 1,020 followers View post →
mammy999
@dddvdgaarunara · X

RT @myuuko: フェイクニュースのヘッドラインをSNS(Facebook)で見ると,後でそのニュースの正確さ認知が増加するよという研究。ファクトチェックで意義ありとされていても=つまり意義ありタグづけは有効な解決策ではない。/ Prior exposure increa…

Mar 25, 2021 · 1 share · 294 followers View post →
Yuuko Morimoto
@myuuko · X

フェイクニュースのヘッドラインをSNS(Facebook)で見ると,後でそのニュースの正確さ認知が増加するよという研究。ファクトチェックで意義ありとされていても=つまり意義ありタグづけは有効な解決策ではない。/ Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news https://t.co/YtjtiIxLGo

Mar 25, 2021 · 6 likes · 1 share · 9,272 followers View post →
Ben Kaiser
@benhkaiser · X

@lucasnantonio @carolinesinders @mbfhunzaker Good paper, if I do say so myself :) Our related works section mentions many other relevant papers, including: https://t.co/nAhjAenKxm https://t.co/3GdzYAqkQg https://t.co/X2EbPAWnYh https://t.co/flazGdT9rF https://t.co/qZ8SdVV2Xr

Jan 29, 2021 · 1 like · 420 followers View post →
Marco Colosio
@col0war · X

The “illusory truth effect” increases the perception of accuracy of #fakenews headlines presented on SM already after 1 exposure, even when stories are labeled as contested by #factcheckers or are inconsistent with the reader’s political ideology https://t.co/8zqsR1dQv9 https://t.co/0ftL6KaASm

Dec 15, 2020 · 107 followers View post →
Thibaud Ferry
@Thibaud_F3rry · X

Sources : [1] : https://t.co/sFrPPGFrtJ [2] : https://t.co/Jp6cLhPknI [3] : https://t.co/NSn8MOI7Jj [4] : https://t.co/QQnT2tDKyv [5] : https://t.co/8LEyti3xYA Fin du fil, merci pour la lecture si vous en êtes arrivés là

Nov 17, 2020 · 1 like · 102 followers View post →
Timothy Caulfield
@CaulfieldTim · X

@StanKutcher @tage_rai Yes, yes. I have a piece coming out soon (@NBCNewsTHINK) on this. One reasons celeb health bunk so influential. Constant exposure to nonsense. Mere exposure effect. https://t.co/i2ZLvoDlpF

Dec 21, 2019 · 88,313 followers View post →
Scott Simanski
@scottsimanski · X

@CNN @CNNOpinion @facebook Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News https://t.co/ysQ9iL00Zs

Oct 26, 2019 · 2,468 followers View post →
David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social
@DG_Rand · X

@betanalpha A reviewer for @GordPennycook and my paper "Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news" rejected it because the work was "old wine in a new bottle" https://t.co/6zNcaHxRUo https://t.co/Am99uXwQje

Aug 28, 2019 · 16 likes · 15,376 followers View post →
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@d_soto_b · X

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@MichaelProulx · X

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Andrew R. A. Conway, Ph.D.
@AndrewRAConway · X

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Nelson Cowan
@NelsonCowan1 · X

#JEPGeneral Journal of Experimental Psychology: General daily article from the editor "PRIOR EXPOSURE INCREASES PERCEIVED ACCURACY OF FAKE NEWS" https://t.co/9fdMlorGZZ or grpennycook@gmail.com #NEWS #JUDGMENT https://t.co/mNOpd6XeiL

Jun 21, 2019 · 3 likes · 4 shares · 1,339 followers View post →
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@noelTbrewer This one: https://t.co/9ZYxt7AWD3

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Why Are We Still Falling for Fake News? Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news; even a single exposure increases subsequent perceptions of accuracy. https://t.co/AnzkqKoyPs

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Menurut penelitian Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News, hanya terpapar berita palsu dapat meningkatkan kepercayaan seseorang terhadap berita palsu tersebut. https://t.co/q4JToIecQu

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@realDonaldTrump @nytimes Prior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News. Using actual fake news headlines presented to you by Trump, on this media shows that even a single exposure increases subsequent perceptions of accuracy, both within the same session and after a week. # The illusory truth.

Jan 5, 2019 · 2,400 followers View post →