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Repetition increases both the perceived truth and fakeness of information: An ecological account

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Corneille, Olivier, Mierop, Adrien, Unkelbach, Christian·2020·Cognition

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People believe repeated statements more compared to new statements - they show a truth by repetition effect. In three pre-registered experiments, we show that repetition may also increase perceptions that statements are used as fake news on social media, irrespective of the factual truth or falsehood of the statements (Experiment 1 & 2), but that repetition reduces perceptions of falsehood when the context of judgment is left unspecified (Experiment 3). On a theoretical level, the findings support an ecological account of repetition effects, as opposed to either a fluency-as-positivity or to an amplification account of these effects. On a practical level, they qualify the influence of repetition on the perception of fake news.

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Authors
Corneille, O., Mierop, A., & Unkelbach, C.
Affiliations
  • UCLouvain (BE)
  • University of Cologne (DE)
Corresponding author
Corneille, Olivier
Venue
Cognition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-12
Volume
205
Pages
104470
ISSN
0010-0277 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3089535848
Cited by
57
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2
FWCI
12.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
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erratum (2022-03-01)
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  • Cognition (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
Keywords
repetition effects, perceived truth, fake news, social media, belief formation
MeSH terms
Humans, Judgment, Deception, Social Media

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