Belief in fake news is associated with delusionality, dogmatism, religious fundamentalism, and reduced analytic thinking

MV Bronstein, G Pennycook, A Bear, DG Rand… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
… effects on belief in fake news via actively open-minded and analytic thinking. Critically, … the
remaining (direct) effect of delusion-like ideation on belief in fake news (β = .15, p < .001, 95% …

Beyond “fake news”: Analytic thinking and the detection of false and hyperpartisan news headlines

RM Ross, DG Rand, G Pennycook - Judgment and Decision making, 2021 - cambridge.org
… between analytic thinking and assessments of fake news. In the … form of misinformation:
hyperpartisan news. Contrary to the … their analytic thinking ability to maintain a belief in fake or …

Who falls for fake news? The roles of bullshit receptivity, overclaiming, familiarity, and analytic thinking

G Pennycook, DG Rand - Journal of personality, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… accuracy, and negatively with the ability to differentiate between fake and real news (… fake
news to be more accurate. We also extend previous research indicating that analytic thinking

[PDF][PDF] Beyond “fake news”: The role of analytic thinking in the detection of inaccuracy and partisan bias in news headlines

RM Ross, DG Rand, G Pennycook - PsyArXiv, 2019 - scholar.archive.org
… only fake news, but also hyperpartisan news; and by separately examining accuracy and
sharing judgments. We hypothesize that if analytic thinking … account – analytic thinking will be …

Hungarian, lazy, and biased: the role of analytic thinking and partisanship in fake news discernment on a Hungarian representative sample

L Faragó, P Krekó, G Orosz - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
… we presumed that analytic thinking would reduce fake news accuracy ratings (trueness of
fake news) and increase media truth discernment (distinguishing fake from real news; see also …

Belief in fake news, responsiveness to cognitive conflict, and analytic reasoning engagement

MV Bronstein, G Pennycook, L Buonomano… - Thinking & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… that encourage endorsement of fake news remain unclear. The … the initiation of analytic
thought about fake news as factors that … and real news) was associated with analytic thinking and …

The use of critical thinking to identify fake news: A systematic literature review

P Machete, M Turpin - Responsible Design, Implementation and Use of …, 2020 - Springer
fake news. Their study [19] suggests the use of interventions that aim to increase open-…
thinking, and also increase analytical thinking as a way to help religious, curb belief in fake news. …

A short review on susceptibility to falling for fake political news

C Sindermann, A Cooper, C Montag - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
… This review discusses recent findings on susceptibility to falling for fake news in political
contexts. In relation to political attitudes and analytical thinking, we find that individuals tend to …

A framework for understanding reasoning errors: From fake news to climate change and beyond

G Pennycook - Advances in experimental social psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
… susceptibility to bullshit, fake news, and misinformation, but also … a causal role of analytic
thinking in determining judgments, … be possible to foster analytic thinking and therefore improve …

Does analytic thinking insulate against pro‐Kremlin disinformation? Evidence from Ukraine

A Erlich, C Garner, G Pennycook… - Political Psychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
fake news regardless of whether it is consistent or inconsistent with their political ideology.
This indicates that reasoning does not seem to consistently facilitate political polarization in …