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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

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

Elsweiler, David , Ateia, Samy, Bink, Markus, Donabauer, Gregor, Fernández Pichel, Marcos, Frummet, Alexander , Kruschwitz, Udo , Losada, David E., Ludwig, Bernd , Meyer, Selina und Pascual Presa, Noel (2025) Query Smarter, Trust Better? Exploring Search Behaviours for Verifying News Accuracy. In: SIGIR '25: The 48th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, July 13 - 18, 2025, Padua, Italy.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 30 Okt 2025 09:57
Konferenz- oder Workshop-Beitrag
DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.78043


Zusammenfassung

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 ...

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 way people search influences the accuracy of their information evaluation. A mixed-methods approach was used, consisting of three parts: (1) an analysis of existing data to understand how search behaviour influences trust in fake news (2) a simulation of query generation strategies using a Large Language Model (LLM) to assess the impact of different query formulations on search result quality, and (3) a user study to examine how 'Boost' interventions in interface design can guide users to adopt more effective query strategies. The results show that search behaviour significantly affects trust in news, with successful searches involving multiple queries and yielding higher-quality results. Queries inspired by different parts of a news article produced search results of varying quality, and weak initial queries improved when reformulated using full SERP information. Although 'Boost' interventions had limited impact, the study suggests that interface design encouraging users to thoroughly review search results can enhance query formulation. This study highlights the importance of query strategies in evaluating news and proposes that interface design can play a key role in promoting more effective search practices, serving as one component of a broader set of interventions to combat misinformation.



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DokumentenartKonferenz- oder Workshop-Beitrag (Paper)
Buchtitel:Proceedings of the 48th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
Seitenbereich:S. 515-526
Datum2025
InstitutionenSprach- und Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften > Institut für Information und Medien, Sprache und Kultur (I:IMSK) > Lehrstuhl für Informationswissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Udo Kruschwitz)
Informatik und Data Science > Fachbereich Menschzentrierte Informatik > Lehrstuhl für Informationswissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Udo Kruschwitz)

Sprach- und Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften > Institut für Information und Medien, Sprache und Kultur (I:IMSK) > Professur für Informationslinguistik (Prof. Dr. Bernd Ludwig)
Informatik und Data Science > Fachbereich Menschzentrierte Informatik > Professur für Informationslinguistik (Prof. Dr. Bernd Ludwig)
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WertTyp
10.1145/3726302.3730067DOI
Stichwörter / Keywordssearch behaviour, misinformation, mixed methods
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke > 004 Informatik
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-780432
Dokumenten-ID78043

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