The study was authored by Bu Zhong, Yakun Huang, and Qian Liu.
The US-based survey was conducted between September 8-13th, 2020.
The study was conducted by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.
The national survey was conducted by Ohio State University.
New research published in the journal Misinformation Review uncovered how users on social media platforms in particular are more likely to believe misinformation, compared to consumers of traditional media.
Initiated by the US-based nonpartisan think tank Pew Research Center, the study involved more than 4,000 adult respondents.
The study was conducted by a team of researchers at the American Institute of Physics.
The findings were published in Psychological Science.
To examine the extent to which people consume inaccurate news on social media, researchers analyzed a two-year span of posts from 750 adult users on Facebook and Twitter.
The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances.