Query Smarter, Trust Better? Exploring Search Behaviours for Verifying News Accuracy

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-780432
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.78043

Elsweiler, David

; Ateia, Samy ; Bink, Markus ; Donabauer, Gregor ; Fernández Pichel, Marcos ; Frummet, Alexander

; Kruschwitz, Udo

; Losada, David E. ; Ludwig, Bernd

; Meyer, Selina

; Pascual Presa, Noel

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Abstract

While it is often assumed that searching for information to evaluate misinformation will help identify false claims, recent work suggests that search behaviours can instead reinforce belief in misleading news, particularly when users generate queries using vocabulary from the source articles. Our research explores how different query generation strategies affect news verification and whether the ...