Social Media, (Mis)information, and Voting Decisions

被引:1
作者
Mukherjee, Prithvijit [1 ]
Pascarella, John Antonio [2 ]
Rentschler, Lucas [3 ]
Simmons, Randy [3 ]
机构
[1] Bryn Mawr Coll, 101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 USA
[2] Utah State Univ, 0725 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 USA
[3] Utah State Univ, Ctr Growth & Opportun, 3565 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 USA
关键词
Partisanship; Voting; Communication; Social media; INFORMATION ACQUISITION; VOTERS; INFERENCE; CURSE;
D O I
10.1007/s11109-023-09884-9
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
In a laboratory setting, we study the effect of induced partisanship on costly information acquisition, information sharing, and voting decisions in an endogenous social network. We find social media significantly increases the quality of group decision making when information sharing on the platform is constrained to be truthful. However, when it is possible to share misinformation, social media has a deleterious effect and group decisions are worse than when there is no information sharing at all.
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页码:1563 / 1588
页数:26
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