Joshua Calianos
Biographic Data
| ID | 4686920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua Calianos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua |
| FAMILY NAME | Calianos |
| SIGNATURE | CALIANOS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartmouth College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reducing affective polarization does not affect false news sharing or truth discernment
Why do people spread false news online? Previous studies have linked affective polarization with misinformation sharing and belief. Contrary to these largely observational findings, however, we show that experimentally improving people’s feelings about opposing partisans (versus members of their own party) has no measurable effect on people’s intentions to share true news, false news, or the difference between them, known as discernment. By contr…
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Reducing affective polarization does not affect false news sharing or truth discernment
Why do people spread false news online? Previous studies have linked affective polarization with misinformation sharing and belief. Contrary to these largely observational findings, however, we show that experimentally improving people’s feelings about opposing partisans (versus members of their own party) has no measurable effect on people’s intentions to share true news, false news, or the difference between them, known as discernment. By contr…
Affect (linguistics (1 work) · Confirmation bias (1 work) · Discernment (1 work) · Feeling (1 work) · Misinformation (1 work) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (1 work) · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (1 work) · Orthogonal polarization spectral imaging (1 work) · Polarization (electrochemistry (1 work) · Social Media and Politics (1 work)