@article{ref1,
title="Fake news, real risks: how online discussion and sources of fact-check influence public risk perceptions toward nuclear energy",
journal="Risk analysis",
year="2022",
author="Ho, Shirley S. and Chuah, Agnes S. F. and Kim, Nuri and Tandoc, Edson C. Jr",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study seeks to understand how online discussion, fact-checking, and sources of fact-checks will influence individuals' risk perceptions toward nuclear energy when they are exposed to fake news. Using a 2 × 3 experimental design, 320 participants were randomly assigned to one of the six experimental conditions. <br><br>RESULTS showed an interaction effect between online discussion and exposure to fact-checking, in which online discussion lowered individuals' risk perception toward nuclear energy when a fact-check was unavailable. Of those who participated in the online discussion, those who viewed a fact-check posted by traditional media have higher risk perception as compared to those who viewed a fact-check posted by a fact-check organization. Our findings indicate that different fact-checking sources can have differential effects on public risk perceptions, depending on whether online discussion is involved. To curb the spread of fake news, different fact-checking strategies will need to be deployed depending on the situation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0272-4332",
doi="10.1111/risa.13980",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.13980"
}