Which Statement About the Distribution of Fake News on Facebook

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the distribution of fake news on Facebook in the 2016 election is most accurate?

• A)The top 10 fake news stories circulated on Facebook were shared more widely than the top 10 authentic news stories about the election.
• B)Although there were many fake news stories circulated on Facebook,they were shared far less frequently than nearly every authentic news story about the election.
• C)Facebook put in place numerous measures to identify and ban fake news stories about the election so the overall number that were actually circulated during the election was very small.
• D)Although there were many fake news stories circulated on Facebook,there was only one fake news election story (focused on Hillary Clinton's emails)that was widely shared on Facebook.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute their successes to internal factors and their failures to external factors.

Negative Wording

Phrasing questions or statements in a survey or test in a way that assumes a negative outcome, which can influence responses.

Loaded Questions

Questions that contain a controversial or unjustified assumption or that compel the respondent towards a particular answer.

Response Sets

Response sets are patterns in survey or test responses that do not directly relate to the content being measured but to some aspect of the measurement process itself.