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Replication Data for: Fact-opinion differentiation

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Title Replication Data for: Fact-opinion differentiation
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KG5KPI
 
Creator Mettler, Matt
Mondak, Jeffery
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Statements of fact can be proved or disproved with objective evidence whereas statements of opinion depend on personal values and preferences. Distinguishing between these types of statements contributes to information competence. Conversely, failure at fact-opinion differentiation potentially brings resistance to corrections of misinformation and susceptibility to manipulation. Our analyses show that on fact-opinion differentiation tasks partisan error and unbiased error occur at higher rates than accurate response. Accuracy increases with political sophistication. Affective partisan polarization promotes systematic partisan error: as views grow more polarized, partisans increasingly see their side as holding facts and the opposing side as holding opinions.
 
Subject Social Sciences
misinformation
 
Date 2024-02-09
 
Contributor Mettler, matt