Trust, personality, and belief as determinants of the organic reach of political disinformation on social media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6011217 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Buchanan (0000-0002-8994-2939, University of Westminster, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 633-644 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03623319.2021.1975085 |
| OpenAlex | W3201198330 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 27 |
False political information spreads far and fast across social media, with negative consequences for society. Individual users play a key role in sharing such material, extending its range through the phenomenon of organic reach. An online experiment tested the hypotheses that higher trust in the source of false information, and lower agreeableness of the person encountering it, would predict their likelihood of extending its reach. One hundred and seventy-two participants saw real examples of disinformation stories that had been posted to social media and rated their likelihood of sharing and interacting with it in other ways. Neither trust in the source nor agreeableness influenced organic reach. However, people lower in conscientiousness rated themselves as more likely to extend its reach, as did people who believed the stories more likely to be true
Agreeableness · Big Five personality traits · Conscientiousness · Disinformation · Extraversion and introversion · Personality · Political science · Politics · Social media · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |